Michael founded TRAINING SOLUTIONS, Inc. in 1995. With currently over 36 years of business management and HR/training experience, Michael offers a variety of skills and expertise to clients. He has facilitated many people skills training programs throughout the country for a wide variety of clients, from large corporations to small-midsize companies to nonprofits to universities. Many of his sessions focus on behaviors/attitudes, customer service, sales, leadership, management development and team building.

Michael has earned the DiSC Certification given by Inscape Publishing (the publisher of DiSC). He has also earned the certification for ProfileXT (from Profiles International).

Michael also provides in-depth executive coaching services to management and executive level staff. His coaching program includes a 360-degree feedback process.

Michael is a highly respected speaker and advisor on the Workforce Investment Act and related publicly-funded workforce funding programs. He currently serves as an advisor to the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) on public policy issues. He served on Former Virginia Governor Warner’s State Workforce Council and also sat on its executive committee. He has spoken at numerous workforce events, national and local conferences and provides consulting services to organizations looking to access public workforce training dollars available.

Michael has served on many business, community and governmental boards and commissions and currently sits on the:

Advisor, Public Policy, American Society of Training and Development (ASTD).
Board of Directors, Bite Me Cancer Foundation (Chairman)
TechPAC Board for the Northern Virginia Technology Council
Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce
Board of Visitors of Marymount University
Public Policy Council of the American Society for Training and Development
Trainer for Leadership Fairfax and Leadership Arlington.