As Director of Southbridge, he has completed extensive merger, acquisition and divestiture projects. He also successfully restructured various firms performing "company turnarounds" and implemented multiple post acquisition management processes in both the private and public arena. His specialty focus is merger & acquisitions of multiple synergistic entities requiring capital procurement and management implementation.

Mike's education includes: BS in Business and Education, MS in Business Management, and Doctorate in Business Law and Finance.

Mr. Rabbitt's previous experience includes several notable projects:

• Served as the corporate Executive Vice President of MEI Diversified as well as Senior Executive Vice President with direct responsibility for finance, operations and strategic planning to include mergers and acquisitions for $300,000,000 annual sales and 22,000 employees.
• Barker Lemar Engineering where he was responsible for the restructuring and strategic growth of the company which resulted in 327% pre-tax growth within eight months.
• Re-designed financial systems, reporting and sales / marketing for L'Anza Research International resulting in sales growth of 100% over three years while reducing cost of operation by over 20%.
• Financial management assistance, strategic planning and merger / acquisition assistance for multiple companies that include Greater Dallas Homeland Security Alliance, Zone Innovations, The Comb Group, Exit Solutions and Power Pulse Technology.

He has over 29 years of franchising experience both as franchisor and franchisee. His specialty focus is turn-key franchise development requiring structuring, implementation and sales / marketing.