Michael, a nationally recognized expert in resilient design and green building, writes, trains, and speaks globally. His building assemblies have been published in numerous publications including the US Department of Energy. He owns OA Design+Build+Architecture, an award-winning firm with 30 years in business, and is CEO of Verified Green Inc., which consults with Local Government, product manufacturers, suppliers, builders, and architects on Green building. He led the development of MN GreenStar and served as president of the GreenStar Alliance. He also teaches Green Building at Boston Architectural College. He attended Capital Normal University (Beijing) and the University of Minnesota. He helped develop the city of St. Paul’s sustainability building policy and re-wrote Minneapolis’s yard ordinance. Named #25 in Metro Magazine’s 100 reasons to love the Twin Cities and called “one of the nation’s most outspoken green building advocates” by MN Business, Michael successfully straddles the building, design, and green worlds by engineering profitability into sustainability.