Michael E. Pollard is a former Director with Archstone Consulting and A. T. Kearney Consulting and served as a Consulting Business Practices Advisor for IBM. He is the co-founder of Optul Global Services a small business enterprise delivering business development support and budget management technology for private and public sector clients. Also consult for Integrated Technical Systems,Inc. Mr. Pollard has extensive experience helping transform business operations in a broad range of industries, including consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, financial services and government. Mr. Pollard currently serves on the State of Connecticut’s Criminal Justice Information System Commission (CJIS). He is also a board member of the Stamford Public Education Foundation (SPEF). Mr. Pollard previously was the chairman of the Board of Finance for the City of Stamford. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Tennessee State University.