About Mike
Executive Coach | Strategic Advisor |
Leadership & Human Performance Partner
​​I guide CEOs, founders, and senior executives through their most critical inflection points — moments when the stakes are high and the path forward demands more from their leadership and more from themselves.
For over twenty years, I’ve led and advised high-growth healthcare, technology, and services organizations. Before launching EmpowerUP Coaching, I served as Regional President at
naviHealth, managing a $1.2 billion healthcare-spend market and 50% annual EBITDA growth through disciplined execution and culture-driven leadership. I’ve also held senior positions at a range of other organizations leading and advising private-equity-backed executives on operational strategy and human-capital performance.
I help executives translate board-level expectations into leadership systems that accelerate performance, sharpen decision velocity, and strengthen culture as a competitive advantage. My clients are often leaders navigating high visibility, high expectations, and the complexity of managing influence across teams and stakeholders.
Behind the Credentials
My resume may include a Princeton Economics degree, a Wharton MBA, and multiple national and world championships, but those accomplishments don't define me. What defines me is the energy I bring to the work: focused, curious, and fully invested in helping leaders rise to the level their roles now require.
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​What I Believe
My mission is simple: Help Leaders Think Clearly. Lead Confidently. Perform Exceptionally.
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I believe effective leadership consists of:
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Delivering exceptional results while under exceptional pressure
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Communicating with honesty and clarity
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Building teams that create traction to scale
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Leading from an inner system that is as disciplined as their business strategy
From decades of leading and coaching, I believe three things to be true:
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Discipline unlocks capacity
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Self-awareness is the difference between reaction and choice
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Leadership is the daily choice to show up fully alive
Credentials & Certifications
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BA in Economics, Princeton University
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MBA in Healthcare & Entrepreneurial Management, The Wharton School
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ICF-Certified Executive Coach
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Certified by EMCC and Hogan Assessments
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Former Regional President, naviHealth (exited to UnitedHealthcare)
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Senior leadership roles at organizations such as Accolade, AmerisourceBergen (now Cencora), and FMG Leading
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Advisor & investor to early-stage healthcare companies including Palvella Therapeutics, Legion Health, Arsana Health, and HueDx
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National and world champion athlete across multiple sports
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​Certified Power Yoga instructor, musician, lifelong athlete, and meditation practitioner
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Every chapter of my life — athlete, husband, executive, musician, father — has taught me something about how energy works: it expands when shared with intention. These days, my most meaningful work happens in quiet, powerful conversations: a moment when a leader exhales for the first time in months, sees a new possibility, or reconnects with the part of themselves they’ve outgrown or forgotten.
Those moments — along with time on a yoga mat, rehearsals with my band, and the laughter of my daughters around the dinner table — refill my tank and remind me why this work matters.
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