Michael Buckley

Chairman and CEO

Be My Eyes

Michael Buckley is Chairman and CEO of Be My Eyes. He is an angel investor and advisor, a founder and Chairman of a successful food company, and for more than twenty-five years, has advised companies on M&A, IPO’s and a host of strategic issues. Recently he served as VP of Communications at Twilio, where he was a member of the management team reporting to CEO Jeff Lawson, and prior to that worked as California Communications Director for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign.

As a Board Member and advisor, Mike has helped three of his angel investments achieve exits, often directly negotiating with acquirers. The successful sales of Spektral (Apple), Zya (Google), and Cylindo (Chaos, which recently merged with Enscape) helped him establish trusted relationships with the acquiring teams of some of the largest tech companies in the world.

As co-founder and Chairman of New Frontier Foods, makers of the brand Ocean’s Halo, he has worked to incorporate seaweed, an abundant, carbon friendly and healthy food, into a broad consumer product line of snacks, broths, salad dressings and soup bowls which can be found at major retailers in the U.S. and UK. 

Prior to NFF and angel investing, Mike was VP of Communications at Facebook where he served on the M-Team, leading all corporate, policy, internal and international communications during a period of hyper-growth. Originally, Facebook was one of Mike’s largest clients at Brunswick Group, the international consulting firm where he spent more than a decade. At Brunswick, Mike served as Managing Partner, helping grow the business from $1 million in revenue when he joined, to over $80 million when he left.

Mike has guest lectured on startups and communications at numerous business schools including Stanford, NYU, and IESE/Barcelona, and received a B.A. in Political Science and Communication from Marist College, where he attended on a debate scholarship. He is married with two children and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.