Within the last 25+ years, Mike has held many roles within Accenture since graduating from the University of Illinois. Currently Mike holds two roles, as the Director of Business Operations for the US Financial Services Business, as well as the US Apprentice Network Champion, focusing on growing and expanding Apprenticeships at Accenture and within the Business Community across the US. Mike also spent time as the Director of Midwest Business Operations for 6 years, the Chicago Local Market Development Lead for 10 years and leading the N. America Local Market team for 2 years - with much of this time double hatting roles. Mike started his career for 14 years in Technology Consulting running multiple projects from strategy planning through deployment across multiple industries, including Health & Life Sciences, Financial Services, Communications, High Tech and Automotive. Mike was born in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, a proud graduate of the University of Illinois and has enjoyed living in the Northern suburbs of Chicago with his wife Cathi and two sons Cole and Grant. In his free time Michael enjoys spending time with family/friends, travelling, golfing, cooking and rooting for all Chicago sports teams.