Before starting Smart Systems with his friend John Lee, Mikie was a real estate broker and developer in New Jersey and New York. Worked partly in Japan since 1998, first for Future Media Network and then for Millesimes.
Mechanic, Volvo Centrum, restoring beautiful old Volvos, and chess player, especially at the Meat Market in San Francisco's Noe Valley, 1978-80.
Film teacher, Brown University, 1977.
Student, Columbia University, class of '75.
Student, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1972-3.
Computer programmer for New York City Planning Commission, 1970.