Michael Hallinan is the COO of MediaMerx, the online marketplace to syndicate digital video to emerging markets. 

As a Captain in the Marine Corps, Michael has six years of experience planning, installing and operating over 20 voice, data, and satellite networks in Australia, Kenya, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Iraq and Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of the US.

Michael received the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal for leading 50 Marines with "inexhaustible energy" in Fallujah, Iraq.

Prior to the Marine Corps, Michael founded Student Media Group, which distributed student media nationally for companies such as AT&T and Citibank. Michael has also held various positions at Merrill Lynch, the US Senate and the US Department of Justice. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from Georgetown University.