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Michael is one of the founders of Belltown in the UK and is currently a non-executive director of Belltown\u2019s business in the US. Prior to Belltown, Michael was a partner at Albion Ventures LLP. Between 2009 and 2013 Michael helped to establish Albion as one of the pioneering investors in the UK\u2019s community-scale renewable energy sector. Prior to Albion, Michael worked at The Boston Consulting Group and before that, the Chief Financial Officer of Widevine Technologies, a security software company (sold to Google in 2010).<\/p>\n
Michael has a BA from the University of Washington and an MBA from INSEAD.<\/p>\n
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Michael KaplanMichael Kaplan Non-Executive Director Michael is one of the founders of Belltown in the UK and is currently a non-executive director of Belltown\u2019s business in the US. Prior to Belltown, Michael was a partner at Albion Ventures LLP. Between 2009 and 2013 Michael helped to establish Albion as one of the pioneering investors in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1059,"parent":259,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n
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Hi there! I'm a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my website. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like pi\u00f1a coladas. (And gettin' caught in the rain.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The XYZ Doohickey Company was founded in 1971, and has been providing quality doohickeys to the public ever since. Located in Gotham City, XYZ employs over 2,000 people and does all kinds of awesome things for the Gotham community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n