Partner, Hyperbots
Biography
Michael VanPatten is currently a board member of Targatek (AI Tools), partner at Hyperbots (agentic AI), and Adjunct Professor at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). He also owns an online Art Gallery and a Fractional CFO business practice. He recently retired as the CFO of True Influence (now Anteriad), a global marketing intelligence company, after successfully selling the Company to a PE Firm.
Michael has held CFO, COO, and other executive positions managing finance, IT, HR, sales, & marketing at: Blackbaud, NetMotion Wireless, IceWeb, Elastic Networks, Microdyne, Xircom and Novell.
He has performed a $410M IPO, completed 8 multimillion-dollar mergers, a reverse merger, facilitated two PE-backed company sales, raised $25M from VCs, & closed a $18M asset-based loan.
Michael has taught multiple MBA courses including Financial Management, Marketing Management, Computer Systems, and Ethics at three Universities.
Michael is a CPA and earned an MBA from George Mason University. He has managed several growth-oriented businesses, reorganizations, and integrated mergers. Six Sigma certified, Michael has industry experience in technology, manufacturing, software and SaaS.
His non-profit work includes being a board member of the Alpha Arts Guild, the Scene Art Gallery, and America on Tech.