Bio

Michael Hand co-founded Shoreline and is the Managing Partner. Prior to co-founding Shoreline, Mr. Hand co-founded PNC Riverarch in 2011. Prior to co-founding PNC Riverarch, he worked at PNC Equity Partners beginning in 2003 as an Associate and then rejoining as a Senior Associate in 2008 after graduating from business school. While attending business school, Mr. Hand worked at JF Lehman & Company. From 2000 to 2003, he worked as an investment banker focused on M&A at Raymond James & Associates. During high school and college, Mr. Hand co-developed and was a Vice President at Blue Frog Global Technology & Trading, a distributor of specialty chemicals into the U.S. consumer products industry. Mr. Hand holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Florida, where he graduated with Highest Honors and was ranked 1st in his class, and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School where he was the David Gill Memorial Fellow and graduated with Beta Gamma Sigma Honors.