Michael Cooper

Michael currently builds AGLedger, Tributary AI, VeraStaged, Retavon, and PokerLeagueOS. AGLedger, the primary startup, is change control for AI agents. Tributary AI designs and deploys AI automation inside mid-market companies. VeraStaged is the staging service a home stager's AI can run, Retavon is business software for specialty retailers that an AI can work in, and PokerLeagueOS is the operating system for poker leagues. He also built Understand Idaho, a public-data reference for the state.

Before that, Michael spent 30 years leading teams at Microsoft, Citrix, Confluent, Astronomer, Simplot, and Micron. He carried a $1.1B quota at Microsoft and led enterprise transformations at Nike, Starbucks, and Boeing. He is a published author with McGraw-Hill and a three-time Microsoft Executive Briefing Speaker of the Year.

Michael writes on this site's blog and co-hosts the Agentic SaaS Talks podcast with leaders from AWS and Omnistrate. His McGraw-Hill books cover Active Directory, Exchange, and DNS.

For AI automation work, speaking, or the podcast, the best way to reach Michael is the contact page.