Michael Smith, EMBA
Michael Smith brings over 37 years of experience in general management, breakthrough strategy, organization development, revenue acceleration, private equity / venturing, and business advisory experience.
Michael builds High Performance Organizations – delivering profitable organizational growth, mentoring owners, senior executives & leadership teams, and proactively establishing [or redeeming] high performance organizational cultures.
He has worked with scores of world class clients like Airborne Express, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Freightliner, Fox Sports, Microsoft, NAPA, Nike, Nordstrom, PACCAR, Seattle Seahawks, Starbucks, Target & WorldPac, across a broad spectrum of industries including automotive & transportation, real estate development & services, construction, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail | wholesale, professional services, non-profits & public sector.
Michael’s professional experience included product development at Merrill Lynch, practice leadership & subject matter expertise at Deloitte & Touche and Watson Wyatt, executive leadership of start-up Rivals Networks, and the founding of successful new business ventures All-American Construction, Cornerstone Solutions, Herzberg Smith & Co, Iris Scott Fine Art, and OneAccord Consulting.
Over the course of his career, Michael won numerous sales awards, served as the youngest practice leader and office manager, and participated in Deloitte’s highly regarded international OD product development committee.
Michael holds degrees in Business, Economics, Social Psychology and Mass Communications from the University of California at Berkeley [BA] and the University of Washington [EMBA]. He also holds a leadership certificate from Harvard University, and is a certified facilitator for The Pacific Institute and the Predictive Index.
A devoted husband and father of two accomplished young adults, Michael has served on numerous corporate boards, donates pro bono services to exceptional charitable organizations, actively mentors young business people, and contributes his time, talents & resources to support international relief work in Africa, Asia and Central / South America.