Prior to joining Rockcliff, Michael served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Tall City Exploration, a privately funded, Permian-focused oil & gas company. He was responsible for the formation, growth and ultimate monetization of three iterations of the company over a ten-year period with proceeds of approximately $1.3 billion.
In the five years preceding Tall City, Michael was an investment banker and Principal with Greenhill & Co., a boutique M&A advisory firm. He helped to found Greenhill’s Houston office and advised on a number corporate energy M&A transactions. Prior to Greenhill, Michael was a Vice President with Merrill Lynch and spent over five years in the Global Energy & Power investment banking team in Houston. He worked in a variety of petroleum and reservoir engineering roles for BP in Houston for five years before transitioning to investment banking.
Mike holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and received an M.B.A. with high honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.