Mike Sheikh is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and pilot. He has a Bachelor's of Science in Economics. He worked for Dean Witter and National Securities as a broker and eventually a senior research analyst. He was also a lecturer at a local community college, teaching about stocks and options markets. Mike was then involved in both lending/ credit for a variety of specialty finance companies. For the past eight years, he has been advising as a consultant in the equity capital markets in the micro/ small cap sector, including Healthcare,/ a technology, and mining sectors.