Michael Sims

During his career he has had several senior management positions in industries as diverse as commercial banking, publishing, graduate education and high profile business federations. He is on the board of directors of three corporations, and two non-profits. He is a Vietnam veteran with the U.S. Army Security Agency.

Mr. Sims serves as Executive Officer, Corporate & External Relations for the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University from 2001 to 2014.  During that time he has been responsible for market strategy, communications, public relations, MBA recruitment, alumni relations, career support services, advancement (fundraising), the Graziadio School Board of Visitors, Dean’s Executive Leadership Series, the Annual Los Angeles Economic Forecast, Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship, the 15X Project (now Early X Foundation), and aiding in the development of the national Private Capital Markets Project.

Prior to Pepperdine, Mr. Sims was a member of the senior management team at Imperial Bank serving as the Senior Vice President in charge of marketing for the $8 billion commercial bank that merged with Comerica in 2000. Previously he was the chief paid executive for two large non-profit business organizations: the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which included his leadership and management of the campaign to rebuild the Hollywood Sign, expand the development and promotion of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndication and telecasts nationally.

He was director on the Hollywood Revitalization Committee, and on the Burbank/Hollywood/Glendale Airport Advisory Committee (Today it is the Burbank Airport).  He was also the chief paid executive for the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau; the Rodeo Drive Merchants Association and wrote a weekly business column for the Beverly Hills Post newspaper.

He co-founded and co-owned Siena Publishing Inc., a boutique publishing, marketing and sales company from 1992 to 2014. He serves as Co-founder, Chairman of the Early X Foundation, an Intellectual Property monetization and education organization. He is a founding director of Champion Technology Company, Inc. a big data analytical software company.

He serves as Chairman of the Board of Ramona’s Mexican Food Company, and serves on the Board of Directors of Pan American Bank, and the SoCal Tech Group.  He is former Chairman of the National Veterans Association.  Mr. Sims served in the U.S. Army Security Agency and was a Vietnam Veteran. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Dean’s Honor role recipient from the University of Nebraska. He is married and lives in Malibu, California