Mike has spent the last 20 years writing business reports and investigative reports for a large utility. While working full-time Mike obtained his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management and Organizational Development.

Mike developed and presented compelling presentations using excellent written communication skills. He wrote reports that provided understanding of events, explaining the causes of the events, and providing recommendations for preventing or mitigating future events. On several occasions Mike developed lesson plans for the utility's training program.

Since retirement, Mike spends much of his time writing in preparation for teaching in a ministry environment and for a blog called Men Being Real.

Mike has been trained in writing Root Cause, Apparent Cause, and Human Performance Reports in accordance with 10CFR 50.59 (Code of Federal Regulations).

While working as a Predictive Maintenance Specialist Mike published an article for Vibration Magazine entitled 'Axivane Fan Vibrations Caused by Resonance in Spring Isolators.'