Tampa Bay Wave
Michael F. is currently holding various advisory, investment, and limited partner roles in several companies including Phylum, EMPEQ, The Veteran Fund, Outpost Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, Big Sky Capital VC, and CalTier. Michael is also an investor in CalTier and a major donor/CyberTech on the X Advisory Council for Tampa Bay Wave. In the past, Michael was a VP at Sophos with various titles related to product management, DevSecOps, and automation. Michael has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Seattle University, a certificate from Facebook Cybersecurity University for Veterans, and a Bachelor's degree in Application Development from North Seattle College. Additionally, Michael has spoken at high-profile events such as All Day DevOps.
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Tampa Bay Wave
Tampa Bay Wave (Wave) is a purpose-driven nonprofit dedicated to accelerating Florida’s innovation economy. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs transform innovative ideas into real-world solutions & scalable businesses, thus fueling positive social & economic change in Tampa Bay and communities everywhere. In the last 10 years, we have supported 460 of the most innovative startups who collectively have raised over $700 million and created more than 4,200 jobs. As Florida’s #1 Accelerator, Wave has built a successful track record that combines best practices of nationally recognized accelerators and incubators with strategic connections to existing regional entrepreneurship resources, mentors, capital, and other expertise in order to foster a highly cohesive innovation ecosystem. WAVE fills an important gap in Tampa Bay’s and Florida’s ecosystem as Florida’s top tech accelerator in terms of startup volume, investment capital raised, and job creation. Wave’s programs provide tech entrepreneurs with the resources they need to scale their startups, including access to our 200+ mentors, 400+ investors, and exclusive events with key stakeholders in the tech community.