About Mike

Business Experience

Founder and CEO of Michael Gonnerman, Inc.
Has 40 years of combined business experience, with Arthur Andersen (10 years in Washington, D.C. and Italy), as the CFO for public and private high technology companies (12 years) and as a financial consultant to 90 companies (18 years)
Has served on the Boards of Directors and Advisors of 27 companies, where he typically chairs the Audit and Compensation Committees
Authored "Ask Mike", an entrepreneurs' guide to finance.
Publishes an email newsletter for non-financial senior executive management

Is a member of the American Institute of CPA's
Was a founding member of E-dinner, a monthly dinner forum where entrepreneurs discussed starting, running and growing businesses
Was the first sponsor of Dartmouth College's Greener Ventures' Conferences on Entrepreneurship and the first sponsor of the Darmouth Club of Boston's Entrepreneurs' Conference
Is the Vice President of the Dartmouth College Class of 1965
Co-founded Financial Strategies Group, which invited speakers to discuss "hot topics" at its monthly breakfast meetings

Was educated at Dartmouth College (AB, Economics, 1965) and Northwestern University (MBA, Accounting, 1968).

Has been married 40 years and has 3 adult children
Coached 10 Little League and Babe Ruth baseball teams
Has broadcast high school baseball and basketball games over television and radio
Roots for the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots
Has run 15 marathons (3:07 PR) and has qualified for the 2009 Boston Marathon. In 2007 he was 3rd in his age group division in both the 2007 USATF New England Mountain running circuit and the USA Mountain Running Championships at Cranmore Mountain and was the Xterra 2007 National Trail Running champion in his age group