Mr. Michael Slade is a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at Second Avenue Partners. He is also a Co-Owner and serves as Board Member at TreeRing, RealNetworks and Skydio. He also served as Board Member at HealthSlate. Previously, he served as a partner at Second Avenue Partners. He also served as a strategic advisor for RealNetworks. He served as a director of aQuantive, Inc. He served as a consultant and member of the executive team at Apple Inc. He was chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Starwave Corp., a Paul Allen-funded startup that was sold to The Walt Disney Corp. From 1983 to 1992. He held various executive and leadership positions with technology companies including Microsoft Corporation, Central Point Software, NeXT Computer, Inc. and Asymetrix Corp. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Colorado College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business