Mike brings two decades’ experience to his role as CEO and founder of 4Pines. In 2013, Mike founded Carta Fund Services, a successful private capital fund administrator. Under Mike’s guidance, Carta grew to over $50 billion in assets under administration and was sold to Alter Domus in 2017.

Previously, Mike was the Chief Financial Officer of Portfolio Advisors for eight years where he oversaw the firm’s growth from $2 billion in assets under management to over $13 billion. During that substantial AUM growth, Mike ran all management company operations and all reporting aspects of the funds management business. Previously, Mike was the Director of Finance of Moore Capital’s Japanese distressed debt JV and Controller at the Blackstone Group’s private equity business. Michael started his career in private equity at Arthur Anderson in 1997, as a tax practitioner.