Mike is the founder and lead coach of Mountainside Coaching.
Mike earned a master’s degree in education(M.Ed.) from the College of Educationand a master’s degree in business administration(MBA) from Isenberg School of Management, both from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Mike is also a Board Certified Coach (BCC), a credential that is a mark of distinction, demonstrating that he has met the professional coaching competency standards established by the Center for Credentialing and Education and subject matter experts.
As a professional life coach, Mike’s experience includes several years working privately with adults seeking positive change in one or more facets of life. In today’s challenging and demanding world, Mike’s distinct approach empowers you to navigate forward with targeted strategies, greater confidence, and the self determination to achieve what you want. He provides life coaching that makes a lasting and positive difference.
As a professional academic coach, Mike’s experience also includes over twenty years working independently, and at two and four-year, public and private colleges and universitieswhere he coached, taught, and advised college students with learning disabilities, executive functioning challenges, and other kinds of disabilities. Mike previously worked at the University of Vermont, Northeastern University, Worcester State University, and Massachusetts Bay Community College.
Mike understands what students value most. He recognizes the greater benefits that come from providing personalized academic coachingthat encompasses an extraordinary quality of support and level of servicethat is well beyond what most colleges and universities can provide today.
Whether you’re in search of academic, personal, or professional coaching, Mike’s support is responsive, reliable, and focused on you. He stands side-by-side with his clients at every stage and is encouraging, patient, forward thinking, affirming, and motivating.
Mike is inspired by each of his client’s accomplishments and just how powerfully impactful their achievements have been in positively shaping their life stories.
