Prior to founding the Nakita Foundation, Michael served as President & Chief Operating Officer of several early stage companies where he was responsible for global operations of sales, marketing, professional services, strategic partners, finance, legal, administration and overall business development, technical support, and the strategic direction of the company. In addition, Michael was responsible for building teams to develop and execute sales, marketing, and business partner programs and was instrumental in the development of tools, process and procedures to enhance productivity and efficiency in the daily operations and support of the sales cycle. Michael was also responsible for building the global management structure and the development of management reporting tools to manage all areas of the business that included sales management reports, revenue forecasting, project management, marketing status reports, resource management, and general administrative progress reports.

As a Sr. Vice President of Computer Associates’ Global Professional Services, Michael was responsible for CA’s Channel Services organization, managing strategic partner alliance relationships and co-developing revenue based business plans that complimented and enhanced CA’s service delivery capabilities. Mr. Espina was also responsible for Global Resource Management and recruiting and for CA’s Consultant Relations Program that managed the use of 3rd party certified consultants. Additionally, Mr. Espina managed the E-Services Practice that provides remote implementation and maintenance services for CA’s workgroup and enterprise edition products specifically sold and supported by the CA Channel Partners.

Upon joining Computer Associates in 1985, Mr. Espina has also served in various roles that included: product development and client support of numerous enterprise management solutions, Direct Sales management and Sales Support roles as a Systems Engineer, Regional Manager and Director, Product Marketing Manager and Champion for enterprise management solutions. Mr. Espina left. CA to become the CEO and Co-Founder of Merging Technologies Inc., one of CA’s first authorized resellers and Gold Certified Service providers for CA Products, After CA’s acquisition of Merging Technologies Mr. Espina was reunited with CA and assigned to serve as a Vice President of Global Technology Delivery Services and was active in introducing and authoring CA’s project management, implementation and management reporting methodologies for enterprise management rollouts of Unicenter TNG used globally. Mr. Espina was also part of the initial management team responsible for creating and executing the early stages of the business development plan, acquisition strategies, and managing the daily operations of Computer Associates Global Professional Services organization.

Mr. Espina previously held positions as a Practice Manager for Coopers & Lybrand In the Computer Assurance Division in New York and with JP Morgan on Wall Street as Vice President and Business Information Manager for the Emerging Markets Business. Mr. Espina holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a minor in Biology from Plattsburgh State University College in New York where he also enjoyed playing on the collegiate basketball program.

Mr. Espina Is active In his community’s youth sports programs and Is a Founder and Chairman of The NAKITA Foundation (Neighbors Assisting Kids In Troubled Areas). For leisure, Mr. Espina enjoys rugby, basketball, hunting, fishing and developing start-up businesses.