Mike Cipresso is a business development executive at Google focused on scaling mobile payments across the globe. Mike manages a team to engage with merchants and point-of-sale vendors to integrate Google’s technology into their business operations. Mike joined Google almost 8 years ago and has held a variety of positions, including leading a team of business development professionals to launch and scale Google’s same day delivery project, Google Shopping Express. Prior to Google, Mike was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers for 8 years where he covered the technology and financial sectors. Mike holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and an MBA from UC Berkeley. Mike lives in San Francisco with his French Bulldog Wilma and his fiancé Kalman. Mike is a total travel nut (visited over 60 countries) and loves extreme sports (marathons, 500+ mile bike rides, etc).