Mike's entry into the pool business in 1972 was a summer job while attending Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, NY. Upon graduating from Saint Michael's College in 1977 Mike was promoted to Vice President of Carmen-Goody Imperial Pools in Colonie, NY. Mike purchased Concord Pools in 1980, which at the time was a small in-ground pool builder installing 30-40 pools a year.