Starting as a toy designer in Toronto, Michael moved to England to earn a Masters Degree in vehicle design at the Royal College of Art in London, before beginning his motorcycle design career with Piaggio in Italy. From there, he was hired by GK Design where he designed a variety of production, concept and racing motorcycles for Yamaha Motors including the MT-03, M1 and TZR. After nearly four years there and rising to senior designer, he moved to Barcelona to establish Type U, a design studio dedicated exclusively to the motorcycle industry. Today Type U employs six designers in two countries and has done work for Aprilia, Yamaha, Derbi, Fischer, CSR, Royal Enfield and others.

Michael is an active member of the Motorcycle Design Association, a regular contributor to CarDesignNews.com and has lectured at several design conferences including the ENG Automotive Design Summit, as well as universities like the RCA and Humber College in Toronto. Currently, he teaches a Motorcycle Design class at the IED transportation course in Barcelona.