Michael Siersema is currently Managing Partner/CEO at Phoenix2000 Group LLC. His more than 25 years of IT experience spans various industries, including financial, retail, high technology, manufacturing, ecommerce companies, multi-national aerospace, tire, telecommunications, and food businesses. He has proven record of expertise and experience in development and implementation of large multi-functional systems from front end customer facing to back end supply chain systems using computing infrastructures across many technology platforms.

As a PricewaterhouseCoopers consultant, he led several successful engagements, including the sale of a client company; the development of a telecommunications architecture, the development and implementation of a new enterprise-wide application systems in the retail industry; and the integration of web sites with supply chain and ERP systems. At Charles Schwab, Michael was an integral part of a major business process improvement effort.

Michael was the North American CIO for Yokohama Tire Corporation, where he instituted a reorganization of the IT function, integrated numerous disparate systems, renegotiated key vendor contracts, and implemented cost controls. Costs were reduced company-wide while responsiveness to company needs improved dramatically.

At Lear Siegler, Astronics Division, he developed a personal computer desktop support organization. In his role, he directed all telecommunications and network operations for GEC, plc, a multi-national conglomerate with over 200 corporations in 56 countries. As project manager for flight control systems integration, he headed a 165 member team which completed the central project in a record time of six weeks.

Michael was also the CEO/President of a startup high-tech marketing firm. Michael directed the growth of the company from an initial investment to over $1.3M at the end of 18 months. Company designed, built, and supported tradeshow exhibits and shows.

Michael has a BSBA from the University of Phoenix and electrical engineering degree. He has been active in several industry associations, such as the Telecommunications Association, where he received the 1995 President's Award for individual contribution and was the L.A. Chapter Member of the Year for 1995.

Michael can be reached at michael@phoenix2000group.com