Since joining Megaport, Michael has completely transformed the Company’s suite of products and innovations, and entirely rebuilt its sales and go-to-market functions. This has resulted in a remarkable turnaround in Company performance, reaccelerating growth and leading to the first profit after tax in the Company’s history in FY24, and in FY25 increased Customer Lifetime Value by 50% year-on-year to $2.1 billion.

Michael joined Megaport from Cisco, where he led the pure SaaS Network Visibility Business, ThousandEyes, as Chief Revenue Officer. In that time, he scaled the team from 150 to nearly 400, expanding into many new countries, and growing annual recurring revenue by 2.4 times, making it the largest cloud, SaaS, and internet visibility platform in the world.

Previously, Michael spearheaded multiple Cisco acquisitions as World-Wide Head of Sales residing in California, USA. Michael is known for his passionate and transformative sales and global go-to-market leadership, focusing on culture, people and execution. He previously led the Northern Region of Australia for Cisco, and, prior to that, led Cisco Sales for Australia’s largest Financial Services customers. He brings over 20 years of industry expertise and experience to Megaport.

Michael holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from Queensland University of Technology and was CEO Magazine Sales Executive of the Year 2019.