Mike joined Do it Best Corp. in March 2009 as the director of IT business planning and architecture. He was previously employed for 22 years at another hardware co-op, with the last five of those years serving as the vice president of IT. He was also employed at Flexco, a global manufacturer and wholesaler of products for belt conveyors, where he served as the director of IT.

Mike was on the faculty at Northern Illinois University and served on the Economic Restructuring Committee of the Batavia (IL) Main Street Program (an organization that promotes economic vitality and historic preservation for downtowns).

As vice president of information technology, Mike is responsible for all IT-related programs and will be responsible for the strategic leadership of IT and oversees the programming, data processing, EDI services, retail data processing, PC systems, publications, mail, order, and printing departments.