Clarity in a Landscape That
Has Long Been Opaque

Michael is a strategic, data-driven leader whose career spans consulting, academia, entrepreneurship, and nonprofit leadership. With experience across higher education, health sciences, and engineering, he bridges institutional strategy with hands-on technical expertise: architecting data pipelines, analytics workflows, and AI-assisted systems that support research growth and operational efficiency.

Motivated by the stark socioeconomic differences he witnessed growing up, Michael has long been driven by a core question: how can better data help? That question shaped his PhD work in big-data modeling and ultimately led to SciRise. In 2025, after federal funding became unstable, he cleaned and cataloged millions of public funding records and used his scientific training to uncover statistical patterns in how mission-driven capital actually moves. His research revealed that most prospecting is "spray and pray," and that SciRise can predict a nonprofit's next funder far more accurately by analyzing real giving behavior rather than what funders say they support, creating a new category: mission-driven capital intelligence.

Michael brings scientific rigor, innovation, and a commitment to helping organizations make better, data-informed decisions faster, so they can spend less time on administrative burden and more time advancing their mission.

Avalon is a multi-disciplinary strategist with a decade of nonprofit experience and a background in high-visibility project management, social media marketing, and organizational storytelling. She specializes in translating complex, data-backed tools into clear value for mission-driven organizations and ensuring leaders understand exactly how SciRise strengthens their capital strategy.

Her career is defined by execution excellence, creativity, and audacity, manifesting large scale positive change through radical authenticity. After completing her MBA in six months, Avalon built a thriving consulting practice supporting small businesses, launched the Roanoke Creative Collaborative, and served as a national social media manager for a software company. In early 2026, she joined SciRise first as a consultant and later Head of Growth and shareholder, bringing her operational discipline, communication expertise, and growth leadership to the company.

At SciRise, Avalon serves as the outreach and development arm, connecting with nonprofit and foundation leaders, consultancies and impact investors; coordinating demos and proposals; and ensuring every deliverable is executed with clarity and precision. Known for proactive communication and strong relationship management, she is the primary point of contact throughout the entire partner journey.