Recently retired CEO of Evolver, Inc., Michael O’Kane currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of Converged Security Solutions (CSS), a $70M firm providing cybersecurity and infrastructure technology services, alongside physical security and transportation system design and installation for federal, state, local, and commercial clients. Michael also serves as Series A lead investor and board member for Embody, Inc., a biotechnology and medical device firm developing cutting edge solutions for tendon and surgical repair. He has also been a consultant and/or investor to several emerging small businesses in the information technology (IT) and medical device markets.

Michael was the Founder and CEO of Evolver, Inc. Since founding Evolver in 2000, he oversaw the company’s emergence as an IT solutions leader in the federal, commercial, and legal markets. Michael promoted a planned and structured approach to achieve desired business results while optimizing cost, schedule, and risk parameters. He successfully established subsidiaries in the UK and Canada to support contract performance in those countries. Guided by Michael’s leadership, creativity and resourcefulness, Evolver grew exponentially and received numerous industry accolades from the Small Business Association (SBA), Inc. 500/5000, Virginia’s “Fantastic 50,” SmartCEO Future 50, and Washington Technology Fast 50.

While building Evolver’s contract portfolio, Michael performed several technical and management roles across three national census programs in the US, UK, and Canada. As Operations Architect and Data Quality Manager he was instrumental in the planning and execution for these significant federal data collection efforts. For the US 2000 Census, he was responsible for operations planning, deployment, and systems administration of the data capture production system in four geographically dispersed locations.  He authored the original Facilities and Operations Plan and Production System procedures, served as the Dress Rehearsal system support manager, developed the installation strategy and schedule, and then managed the hiring and performance of four System Administration teams across the enterprise.

For the 2001 UK Census, Michael was the operations and data quality manager responsible for system installation and maintenance, production management, data quality, and communications support including reports distribution, management dashboards, and executive committee briefings. For the 2006 Canadian Census, Michael collaborated with Statistics Canada and the engineering product teams to draft the Phase I Data Quality Management Plan and initial set of production reports.

Prior to founding Evolver, Michael served in various technical and management roles for large and small organizations supporting US Navy programs at NAVSEA, NAVAIR, and SPAWAR. He was a financial analyst for the Vertical Launch System (VLS) and a supply chain manager for the AEGIS shipbuilding program office.

Currently, Michael serves as vice president of a family foundation, directing charitable donations to several non-profit organizations. The foundation focuses on environmental, educational, and performing arts organizations.

Michael earned his bachelor's degree from George Mason University in business administration.