Mike Kirwan is a versatile consultant who has spent his career working towards poverty alleviation and growth strategy in various sectors. His focus is on industrial goods and services and organic and inorganic growth strategy for automotive, industrial, and technology companies. Kirwan completed his studies in Williams College where he majored in psychology and economics with a concentration in neuroscience. He went on to obtain his MA in Human Development at the University of Maryland and an MBA in Columbia Business School. His professional experience includes working at EY-Parthenon as a consultant and KPMG as a Senior Associate in Strategy. Kirwan has also been a former MBA intern at cg42 and was the Senior Program Officer for Early Childhood at the Robin Hood Foundation. He has also been a graduate research assistant in Child Development Lab at the University of Maryland College Park and has worked as a Project Manager and Coordinator for the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.