Mike is responsible for founding Plug and Play’s global Supply Chain & Logistics vertical. The program is based in Silicon Valley, Northwest Arkansas, Hamburg, and Shanghai and is in partnership with 50+ industry leading corporate partners like Walmart, TJX, Tyson Foods, JB Hunt, Shell, DHL, FedEx, Japan Post, Yamato, Panasonic, Union Pacific Railroad, Kansas City Southern Railroad, Ryder, Prologis, BNSF Railway, ArcelorMittal, ExxonMobil, United States Postal Service, ArcelorMittal, Geodis, and the Canadian National Railway. This program is responsible accelerating and investing in startups in the areas of analytics, AI, machine learning, augmented reality, smart warehousing, blockchain for supply chain, customer support solutions, inventory management, IoT sensors, drones, last mile delivery, disruption of the freight brokerage model, end-to-end supply chain optimization, autonomous driving, predictive analytics for demand planning, and transportation management systems.