Mike joined the IMA Denver Surety Division in 2011, and as Director of Surety, leads and is responsible for the strategic plans and growth of IMA’s surety practice. Mike has been instrumental in the growth of IMA’s surety practice since his joining IMA. Mike started his insurance career in 2003, and prior to IMA worked as an underwriter at a major surety company in Denver.
Mike’s experience as a veteran underwriter, coupled with his extensive accounting background and creative and dynamic approach to problem-solving, allows him to provide strategic guidance on client’s surety program and business. His goals are to maximize a client’s surety capacity, and anticipate both the client’s and surety company’s needs, while effectively managing relationships between the two.
Mike graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Denver, and he earned a Master of Accountancy at the University of Denver in 2008.
Mike is actively involved with the National Association of Surety Bond Producers as a board member and committee chairman and very involved with the Surety Alliance, a group of independent brokers who have international relationships and capabilities.
Mike is also involved with the Associated General Contractors/Colorado, Associated Builders and Contractors/Colorado Chapter, Colorado Contractors Association, Construction Financial Management Association, and Rocky Mountain Surety Association.