Michael Devlin is a technology innovator who knows how to build remarkable leadership teams.

In 1981, Mike co-founded Rational Software Corporation, a software development company, with the (at the time revolutionary) vision that every sector of the economy would become increasingly dependent on software and that software tools would become the linchpin technologies in a post-industrial economy. Under Devlin’s leadership, Rational grew from a startup to become an S&P 500 public company and the market leader in advanced software development technology, employing 4,000 people with $800 million in revenue.

In 2003, Rational Software was acquired by IBM, a move that saw Devlin become general manager with IBM. After completing the integration of Rational into IBM he left the company two years later.

Devlin founded Dangerous Passage Productions in 2006 and built a post-production studio in Anchorage, Alaska and Forest Hill, CA and equipped a 74’ Viking Sport-fisher (Strider) to serve as a mobile production and post-production studio throughout South Central Alaska producing high quality documentaries. Although relatively new to filmmaking, Mike has quickly achieved a reputation for producing premium programming that had never before been possible to produce. Mike recently produced Icy Killers:The Secrets of Alaska’s Salmon Sharks for the National Geographic Channel.

In 2008, he joined forces with Pierre de Lespinois, creating the new Evergreen Films—a company that draws upon the powerful assets of the two partners. From his background in digital technology and computer science, Mike Devlin brings invaluable expertise to the creation of cutting edge production systems and digital programming. His financial experience in building an S&P 500 company from the ground up provides a strong foundation for maximizing Evergreen's own growth potential.

Mike attended the USAF Academy and graduated valedictorian of his class of 1977 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Computer Science. He was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship to Stanford University and graduated in 1978 with a M.S. in Computer Science.