Mickey has spent his entire career working with small businesses. Not by design. It's just the world he grew up in. His parents ran a business together in Pensacola, and that shaped how he thinks about work: practically, and always with the owner's reality in view.
He's been the tech person in the room for as long as he can remember. His mom bought him his first computer at 14, and the interest never left. It ran alongside a 20-year mortgage career spent at independent brokerages and small regional banks, with stints in tech sales, startup work in Atlanta, and digital signage mixed in along the way. When AI started making real noise, he was ready to move. He'd been building toward it without knowing it.
At HKI, Mickey runs the operational and technical side of the business. He built the company's website from scratch, designed the tech stack, and handles the behind-the-scenes work that keeps client engagements running. He joins Jenni on discovery calls, helps shape one-on-one training frameworks and group workshop content, and leads development of the custom AI tools that come out of deeper client relationships. His job is to make sure the tech does what it's supposed to, and that it earns its place in the day-to-day.
He holds Google's AI Essentials and Project Management certifications and is a graduate of the University of West Florida.
What I work on
- Workflow design and automation
- Sales support and joint discovery.
- AI project design and scope
- Custom AI tool and app development for clients.
- AI readiness assessment.
- Tech Stack Selection and Configuration
Beyond work
Mickey grew up in Pensacola and still calls it home. He and his wife Keisha have one daughter who lives in St. Petersburg. Their church is a big part of their life together, and outside of that, the two of them travel when they can and enjoy finding good places to eat. Mickey also plays pickleball and golf.
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