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Michael G. MayMike May's personal life and professional career are characterized by pioneering efforts in business and in community service. After obtaining a Masters' Degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Mr. May worked at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in McLean Virginia as a Political Risk Analyst. He subsequently moved to the West Coast to work for the Bank of California and then for TRW/ESL developing a new business area for high tech political risk assessment. In 1984, Mike May joined 3 colleagues from ESL to start Finial Technology, developer of the world's first Laser Turntable where he helped raise six million dollars in venture capital while heading up worldwide marketing and distribution. Mike founded two ventures in Oregon, Maytek Products and CustomEyes Computer Systems, which he eventually sold, before returning to Silicon Valley in 1995 to join Arkenstone as Vice-President of Sales. He left Arkenstone in late 1999 to form the Sendero Group. Sendero combines the skills of high tech professionals with orientation experts to put talking digital maps and GPS navigation systems in the hands of people who are blind or visually impaired. Sendero was the lead organization in a $2.25 MM wayfinding grant along with 4 universities in addition to working on other research grants. Sendero Group developed the first accessible GPS for the blind, which is now available on four platforms worldwide.
Mike May has served on numerous nonprofit boards and is currently on the boards of the Society for the Blind and the Seeing Eye. He has received several national awards for mentoring, community service and technology. To further the efforts of his causes and ventures, Mike May has met numerous sports, entertainment and political celebrities including meeting four U.S. Presidents. Vice-President Gore said at a White House ceremony in 1996, "It will not be long before we see Mike and others wearing GPS devices on their wrists." Mike was acknowledged at the White House by Ronald Reagan after the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics and has met with President Obama. A book based on Mike May's life, Crashing Through, was released in 2007 and a movie by Fox is in the works. |
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