Mike Schiller

Mike Schiller

Manager, Installed Program Support

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Educator

  • Education

    • Central Catholic High School

      1974 - 1978
      High School Diploma
    • Stanford University Graduate School of Business

      1984 - 1986
      MBA
    • National Outdoor Leadership School

      1997 - 2002
      Alaska Outdoor Educator Course; Denali Mountaineering Course; WMI ITC Wilderness Medicine
    • Princeton University

      1978 - 1982
      BSE Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Experience

    • Key Financial Systems

      Jan 1982 - Jan 1984
      Manager, Installed Program Support
    • Bankers Trust Company

      Aug 1986 - Feb 1989
      Product Manager

      Helped to conceive, design, build and introduce BT-World to the market, BT's first PC-based remote access and analysis application for Master Trust and Custody clients. Built on top of MS Windows version 1.3, this was one of the first large scale commercial applications built on top of MS Windows.

    • Mellon Financial

      Jan 1989 - Jan 1991
      Manager of Systems Architecture Group
    • Confluence

      Nov 1991 - Apr 1996
      Founder, President
    • Venture Outdoors

      Jun 2001 - Dec 2005
      Founder and Executive Director
    • NOLS Wilderness Medicine

      Dec 2003 - now
      Instructor

      Teach Wilderness First Aid and Wilderness First Responder/recertification courses.

    • International Mountain Guides, LLC

      Dec 2006 - Oct 2007
      President, Rainier Division
    • 3TIER Inc.

      Nov 2007 - Jan 2009
      Director of Product Management
    • Distributed Energy Management

      May 2009 - Oct 2009
      Product Manager
    • Tahoma Spirits

      Apr 2010 - Nov 2010
      President and Founder

      Tahoma Spirits was an artisanal distillery, specialising in hand-crafted vodkas, brandies and other distilled spirits. Unfortunately we never built the distillery.

    • Green Building Alliance

      Jan 2011 - Dec 2015
      CEO
    • Fuzzy Penguin Properties LLC

      Apr 2015 - now
      CEO

      Actively manage a portfolio of small investment properties across three states.

    • Mike Schiller Consulting

      Jan 2016 - May 2022
      Principal

      My expertise and success has been in Strategic Planning, Social Innovation, and actual hands-on entrepreneurship where we get shit done. Let me know if you need some help.

    • RoomLeopard

      Mar 2016 - Feb 2018
      CEO and co-founder

      RoomLeopard - Finding the best spots in town.RoomLeopard.comRoomLeopard is our brand new startup. Think of RoomLeopard as an "airbnb" for meeting spaces. The initial version of the website is available at www.roomleopard.com. Check us out, tell your friends and colleagues, send us feedback. Thanks!

    • University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)

      Jan 2021 - Jul 2022
      Adjunct

      Re-invented and taught a class on Social Entrepreneurship.

    • Jack's Boat Rental

      Oct 2021 - now
      Business Owner

      Welcome to Jack's!

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • LEED Green Associate

      USGBC
    • W-EMT

      WMI of NOLS and State of Pennsylvania
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Mike Schiller
      Energy Leadership Award American Business Journals Apr 2014 http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2014/05/09/schiller-reaching-people-where-they-re-at.html
    • Awarded to Mike Schiller
      Best Places to Work in Western PA Pittsburgh Business Times 2014 http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/slideshow/2014/10/27/slideshowbest-places-to-work-in-western.html
    • Awarded to Mike Schiller
      Best Places to Work in Western PA Pittsburgh Business Times Oct 2013 http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/12/14/review-best-places-to-work-2013.html?page=6
    • Awarded to Mike Schiller
      Diamond Award Pittsburgh Business Times May 2013 http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2013/04/19/for-well-traveled-schiller-gba-like-home.htmlhttp://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/12/14/review-diamond-award-winners-2013.html?page=3
  • Volunteer Experience

    • volunteer EMT

      Issued by Operation Safety Net
      Operation Safety NetAssociated with Mike Schiller
    • Board Member

      Issued by Fox Chapel Park Commission on Oct 2019
      Fox Chapel Park CommissionAssociated with Mike Schiller
    • Board Member

      Issued by ALLEGHENY RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION on Nov 2019
      ALLEGHENY RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONAssociated with Mike Schiller