Michael is the CEO and Co-founder of Seal StorageTechnology (www.sealstorage.io), the largest decentralized data storage company in the world. Established in May 2021, Seal has demonstrated product-market fit, helping numerous enterprises cross the Web2 to Web3 storage chasm. The company's existing partnership with a renowned multinational scientific organization holds the crown for the largest commercial deployment of a Web3 technology in history. Prior to Seal, Michael began his career on Wall Street covering institutional equity capital markets and later he launched a crypto seed fund and advisory firm with a mandate to partner with companies at the intersection of commercial use cases and open source blockchain technology.Seal is disrupting the massive data storage market and NFTs: Of its initial target markets, Seal has experienced significant commercial uptake from leading academic and scientific organizations, as well as NFT custodians and minting houses. For the former grouping, Seal is solving a massive data (Exabyte) issue, offering a cheaper, safer, and more interoperable solution than traditional storage providers. For the latter, Seal is addressing an asset risk issue in the $40B NFT market by providing a first of kind NFT storage and insurance product, backed by one of the world's largest insurance companies.