Michael is a Vancouver-based architect, planner, real estate consultant and property developer with four decade’s experience in the public, private, and institutional sectors. He also serves on the Adjunct Faculty of the SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development. Prior to establishing his own firm, he was President of the SFU Community Trust, Vice-President Narod Developments, and an official with CMHC. Michael is a past president of the Urban Development Institute and has been honoured as a Life Member of the Architectural Institute of BC and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners.