Michael G. Cooley was born just outside of St. Louis, Missouri but lived most of his life all over Texas. In 2007 Michael moved to Rhode Island with his wife, Lisa and two kids, Sierra and Brayden. Michael has been a business leader and senior executive for over 20 years and in 2011 he released his auto-biography, Rock Bottom - From The Streets To Success. Today, Michael is the CEO of an 80 year old company and spends much of his time speaking all over the country telling how he went from living on the streets to finding one man's definition of success.