Michael J. Maher

Michael Maher serves as CEO of Start Alternative. He is responsible for all business activities of the organization with a focus on further growing the business though both organic growth and strategic acquisitions.

In addition to founding Start Alternative, Michael also founded Start Media, a multi-faceted media organization bridging exhibition, technology, content production, and publishing.

Prior to Start, Michael was a Director of Operations and then a Vice President of Marketing at Maher Terminals LLC, a then-family-owned Marine Terminal Operator in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Maher Terminals was sold to a private equity fund in 2007.

Michael is a graduate of Duke University and has an MBA from New York University.