Responsibilities: Michael has been instrumental in designing and developing many of the services that Auriemma’s team offers clients today. He personally represented top companies in the early days of co-branding and was the strategic advisor on the firm’s earliest portfolio sale transactions. He developed and launched Auriemma’s consumer research product, Cardbeat®. In the early 90’s Michael facilitated a series of informal gatherings of executives to discuss best practices in functional areas, which has shaped Auriemma’s well- known and highly successful Roundtables practice.

Previous Experience: Michael began his professional career in New York at Chemical Bank in 1983 and moved into consulting in 1989. Over the last 25 years, he has been a frequent speaker, teacher, and writer for the financial services industry. He has developed an impressive network of relationships with executives and leaders within the payments and lending ecosystem.