People that know Michael describe him as a highly committed and focused marketing professional and a devoted Christian.

Michael is best known as the author of the bestselling book Writing White Papers: How to Capture Readers and Keep Them Engaged.

Having worked with organizations ranging from multi-billion dollar international corporations such as Microsoft, FedEx, HP and Motorola to emerging startups, Michael has a broad understanding of successful marketing strategies.

Michael began his corporate marketing career at a leading disk, tape and RAID equipment value-added reseller where he managed product-marketing for multi-million dollar product lines and a million dollar marketing budget.

Michael went on to co-found an Internet corporation with an expertise in language translation and marketing of web related content.

Michael later founded Stelzner Consulting to help corporations simplify the way high-tech products were positioned and pitched. Michael has an active role in the company, serving as a writer and director.

He has directly interfaced with many well know corporations including Cardinal Health, Compaq, Comverse, HP, Intuit, Microsoft, Motorola, Rockwell, SAP, Seagate and many others.

Michael's talents include the ability to translate highly technical concepts into features and benefits that can be easily comprehended.

Michael has been widely published, is the editor of the WhitePaperSource Newsletter and founder of the Internet's only portal dedicated to the writing and marketing of white papers, WhitePaperSource. Michael's popular blog is called Writing White Papers.

Additionally, Michael graduated in the top 2% of his class from San Diego State University with a masters degree in communications and has several published works in the communication industry. Michael is active in his church as well, helping with event marketing for North City Presbyterian Church.