Michael Willis

Michael has served in leadership positions for technology companies for over 30 years and has considerable experience and expertise developing technology products and services for a variety of markets. With a focus on product development, sales, marketing, and customer support he has built successful companies and led them to exit strategies that brought considerable value to investors and other stakeholders. Michael is currently serving on the Board of Directors for EarthVisionz Inc., a leading developer of enterprise level, location aware, visual Data Management and Decision Support Systems.

He recently served as the President and COO of Boulder Imaging, a leading machine vision products company. Under his leadership Boulder Imaging evolved from a custom solutions engineering company to a products company, now successfully launching three cutting-edge machine vision products. Prior to Boulder Imaging, Mr. Willis served as CEO for Tombstone Technologies, a publicly traded software company developing SaaS software systems for the printing industry and acquired by Hunt Global Resources in 2010.

He served as the President and COO of Digital Creators, a pioneer and leader in education technology which was acquired in the late 1990’s by TeleTech Inc. Previous positions include: President and Co-founder, and current Board member, of Digital Directions International Inc, a leading educational technology company; President and COO of Paragon Solutions, a Chicago based IT consulting company and one of the first to develop off- shore software development facilities in India and Viet Nam; Group Vice President for Production and Development for Jones Digital Century, a division of Jones Intercable, then the 5th largest cable company in the US; and the Vice President for Production for Philips Interactive Media, a division of Philips Electronics. Michael has served on the faculty of Montgomery College, the University of Southern California, The University of Denver, and the University of Colorado, Boulder in computer science, software design and development, and technology management.

Michael is an accomplished jazz musician who enjoys hiking and bicycling.