Michael Blake, CFA, ASA, ABAR, BCA is President and Founder of Arpeggio Advisors, a Business Appraisal and Strategic Advisory firm in Atlanta. Mike has been performing appraisals of space commercialization companies and investment funds for over 5 years. Prior to becoming a full time business appraiser, Mike spent 8 years in venture capital and investment banking, including the conversion of military aerospace technologies to civilian applications. Mike is also Special Instructor of Business Valuation in the Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University joint TIGER Program, which forms technology commercialization teams from researchers, MBA students and law students. Mike has been published in several magazines and journals, including in 2016 alone The Value Examiner, The Atlanta Business Chronicle, and Accounting Today. Mike also frequently publishes a valuation blog at www.arpeggioadvisors.com.