Employer · Consulting · Brand Partnerships · Press
You need someone who ships.
Program management. AI workflow deployment. Federal compliance. Nonprofit architecture. Michael is actively looking for his next full-time role and available for consulting now.
The systems I build still run without me.
That’s the point.
For Employers
Currently on the market. Here’s what you’re getting.
Michael is actively looking for his next full-time role. He brings 11 years of program management across nonprofit and healthcare, a track record of deploying AI tooling that actually ships (two production API organizations, 25% efficiency gains at ASCO and Total Health Information Services), and grant management experience covering $17M in distributed funding and $4.5M in annual compliance review. He’s worked in federal compliance, cross-functional team coordination across distributed organizations, and enterprise system implementation. He does not require a ramp. He requires the right problem.
See full credentials →Consulting
Available for consulting engagements now.
Four service areas. All of them built on work that already shipped.
AI Workflow Consulting
Michael has deployed production OpenAI API organizations for automated workflows at two employers — not pilots, not demos. Deployed. He built custom GPT integrations for budget analysis, compliance tracking, and executive reporting across 37 medical education programs. If your organization is still in “we should do something with AI” mode, he can move you out of it.
Nonprofit Program Management Consulting
Program design, grant management infrastructure, cross-functional coordination, and federal compliance operations for nonprofits and foundations. He’s worked at the $17M level and the 501(c)(3) founding level. He knows what the paperwork looks like from both sides.
Grant Management and Compliance
Subgrantee oversight, quarterly budget review, RFP development, fiscal compliance remediation, and reporting systems. Built and implemented a grant management platform at JFNA that was projected to save 500 staff hours per year. Available for project-based engagements.
LGBTQ+ Brand Strategy and Travel Partnerships
For tourism boards, DMOs, hospitality brands, and consumer companies that want to reach LGBTQ+ travelers authentically. Michael understands this audience because he is this audience — and because he’s built infrastructure (WanderSafe, the blog, the nonprofit) that the audience already trusts.
Brand Partnerships + Press
One audience. Four platforms. One point of contact.
Wandering With Pride reaches LGBTQ+ travelers through the blog (95 posts, 17+ countries), the WanderSafe safety platform, WanderLearn, and the nonprofit scholarship program. A partnership with this platform is not a banner ad. It is access to a community that knows the difference between a brand that shows up for Pride month and one that actually gets it.
Partnership options include sponsored content, hosted stays, press trips, WanderSafe Verified property listings, and nonprofit co-marketing through Wandering With Pride Inc. Partners who structure contributions through the nonprofit receive tax-deductible status and placement in scholar spotlight content — the kind that reads like editorial, not advertising. (EIN available on request.)
See partnership options →Speaking + Writing
Available for panels, keynotes, and bylines.
Michael speaks and writes on LGBTQ+ travel safety and destination planning, AI adoption in nonprofit and healthcare program management, building technology infrastructure with limited resources, and queer identity at the intersection of travel and public policy. He has presented at ASCO’s Quality Care Symposium, lectured at Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen on the Rwandan genocide, and co-authored a guest piece for HHS that reached 60,000 readers. He is not a conference circuit regular, which means when he shows up, he has something to say.
Inquire about speaking or writing →Tell me what you’re working on.
This is not a ticketing system. Send a note — what you’re building, what you’re hiring for, or what kind of partnership you have in mind. Michael reads every inquiry and responds to every genuine one.
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