Michael is a leader of McKinsey’s advanced-industries work and leads McKinsey Academy, a unit of McKinsey Accelerate dedicated to building executive and frontline capabilities for clients at scale.
Over the past 15 years, Michael’s work has spanned the range of industrial transformations, including growth- and portfolio-strategy transformation to create value, comprehensive operations programs to deliver improvements in cash conversion and product cost, and programs that sustain change by upskilling and reskilling management teams and the front line.
Michael also serves as the executive sponsor for McKinsey’s Asian/Asian-American group and is passionate about supporting, convening, and celebrating Asians in the workplace.
Michael was selected by the Partnership for New York City to serve as a David Rockefeller fellow from 2011 to 2012. He is also a corporate term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Published work
“Rethinking inventory management in defense,” McKinsey & Company, May 2021
“Closing the capability gap in the time of COVID-19,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2020
“COVID-19 and advancing Asian American recovery,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020
“To lead in the postcrisis tomorrow, put leadership and capabilities in place today,” McKinsey & Company, July 2020
“Divestitures: How to invest for success,” McKinsey & Company, August 2015
“Profitably parting ways: Getting more value from divestitures,” McKinsey on Finance, Winter 2013
Education
Harvard University
AB, economics