Michael grew up working in the PI and security company his father founded in 1967 and began working full time in 1990, specializing in surveillance operations. He obtained his Private Investigators license in 1994 and majored in Administration of Justice in college where he was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Scholastic Order for academic excellence.

After joining the California Association of Licensed Investigators in 1995 he served as a District Governor, a member of the Legislation and Technology Committees, Education & Training Task Force, chaired the Bi-Laws Committee and held the Vice President of Administrative Services position for five terms before becoming president in 2012.

Michael regularly teaches continuing education courses offered by CALI, as well as industry related classes for California State University Fullerton, state PI association conferences and National Business Institutes on topics such as business, technology, personal locates, asset discovery, and basic, intermediate and advanced surveillance techniques, as well as Business and Ethics in the Investigation and Executive Protection industries.

Michael is a 2003 Executive Protection Institute class 55 graduate and member of the Nine Lives Associates. He has personally provided executive and asset protection to corporate executives, celebrities, natural and man-made disaster victims and person’s at risk for over two decades. Michael is one of less than 50 Certified Security Professionals (CSP) in California.