MICHAEL SIMON

Michael has over twenty-two years leadership and management experience in FinTech, mortgage banking, and the financial services industry. Michael held leadership roles at Ellie Mae and Accenture World-Wide. In these roles he was responsible for leading and managing the development and delivery of multiple multi-million-dollar projects both domestically, and internationally, while managing teams of 120+. Most notably, Michael developed and implemented a multi-session training platform for users in six continents, with an audience of nearly 370,000. Michael has a proven history of success in overseeing the development and delivery of strategic initiatives with the likes of TD Bank, UBS, PennyMac, AmeriHome, and University Bank in Michigan. Michael is skilled in analyzing, designing, and implementing change, solutions, and services that will deliver high impact results for our clients. Throughout his career, Michael has been a public speaker, trainer, sales strategist, problem solver, negotiator, and collaborator amongst executive teams. Michael is routinely recognized for his global view of organizations, ensuring successful adoption of key strategies and initiatives that maximize ROI of time, money, people, and process. Michael holds multiple training, management, and agile methodology certifications and designations. His background in training, change management, project management, coupled with his ability to design and execute project success makes him a valuable asset to the BlackFin Group team.