Erik Michielsen

Erik Michielsen is a Brooklyn-based entrepreneur and the founder of Capture Your Flag - www.captureyourflag.com - an aspirational career learning and development company that uses behavioral interviewing and online video to understand how leaders develop over time. His thesis is that culture all too often has overlooked developing leaders, focusing instead on ascended thought leaders and experts. Capture Your Flag unlocks rising leader knowledge before they reach the CEO position, the TED speech, the Charlie Rose interview and revisits each interviewee annually to chart development and change.

Before founding Capture Your Flag, Erik spent over 12 years working in media and technology, most recently as an executive at boutique research firm ABI Research. Over many years interviewing and advising leading innovators and executives about developing technology markets, Erik has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, FOX News, and spoken at major conferences worldwide. He holds an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. Erik guest lectures to leading academic programs across the country, including Columbia University and Vanderbilt University. When not furthering the Capture Your Flag mission, Erik is an active board member and advisor to non-profit Kilifi Kids - www.kilifikids.org - on its mobile health initiatives in Kenya, runs road races and marathons, and hosts dinner parties.