Born in Toronto, brought up in North Toronto and York Mills, Michael attended Baron Renfrew Public School, York Mills High school and Ryerson (in Business Admin).

 

Michael worked for F. Manley Corporation (distributors) from 1968 until 1980, as Salesman, Sales Manager for Honda, Marketing Manager, VP marketing, President, and President of Kawasaki Motors Canada. During this era he was also the chairman of the Motorcycle and Moped Import Committee of the Canadian Importers Association, and was President of OSDA, the Ontario Snowmobile Distributors Association. He also raced motorcycles and was ranked as Canada’s best in the 500 expert class in 1967. 

 

Leaving the family companies in 1981, he entered the real estate business and in 1996 purchased the Beach real estate business of Family Realty (ex- Family Trust) from Manulife Financial, becoming a Prudential franchise in 1997. 

 

In June of 2002, Michael was elected to the Toronto Real Estate Board as a director, for a 2 year term, and was acclaimed for another 2 year term in 2004 and then again for another 2 terms in 2006.  He is past Chair of the MLS Committee and the Emerging Technology and Business Practices Task Forces. In February of 2003, was elected as director, to the MLS and Technology Council (MTC) of the Canadian Real Estate Association. The MTC is the council that is behind MLS.ca and RealtorLink. In 2004 he was acclaimed to a further 2 year term with the MTC and was its vice chair.

 

Michael is dedicated to use of technology to increase agent productivity.