Michael holds an MA from the University of Oxford (Balliol) where he specialised in quantum chemistry and, in his final research year, designed and developed liquid metal ion injection guns, now being explored by NASA for the solar-electric propulsion of space vehicles.
Michael holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge ( St. John's) where he researched and published widely in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance, the science behind moleclar structure determination and medical MRI scanners.
Michael became a senior developer for computer recognition specialists, Cambridge Neurodynamics where he developed a 3D laser scanning facial recognition system. At Neurodynamics, Michael christened and became Head Of Product Development for Autonomy Corporation, now listed on LSE (AU.) and regarded as one of Cambridge's truly global technology business success stories.
Michael is the inventor of Clickstream, an unusually accurate audience measurement technology, and was a co-founder of Clickstream Technologies plc, a company that was created within Green Cathedral and fully demerged in 1999. He co-founded Phonesync Limted, a mobile data synchronisation company spun out of Green Cathedral in 2003.
Michael is the inventor of Green Cathedral's unique video soundtrack search technology, known as Doovle® and is a co-founder of Doovle Limited, GC's subsidiary vehicle set up to licence the Doovle software and IP.
Michael is the creator of the Cambridge IPTV channel creation platform and is a co-founder of Cambridge IPTV Limited, another GC incubation.