Mike Freeman knows what drives the success of a “Mom & Pop” business. He has lived it! Mike started his career at Cardinal Services at sixteen-doing any and all jobs around the company- sweeping up, answering telephones and serving customers on behalf of the founders, Bud and Gail Freeman, his real mom and pop! Learning the business from the ground up, and performing the duties in each position within the family company has given Mike the experience, the insight and the vision to help Cardinal Services grow into the largest, privately-held professional employer services provider in the Pacific Northwest. Mike served as Cardinal’s General Manager from 1988 through 2000; then as President from 1993 through 2014-part of an innovative executive team that led Cardinal’s expansion into new markets across Oregon and California for the last two decades. He became Corporate Secretary of Cardinal Services, Inc., then elected Board Chair. He is a founding member of the Northwest Professional Employers Association and a member of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO). A native Oregonian, Mike grew up in Coos Bay and graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland. He is an avid golfer in his time away from work.