Michael R Smith

Michael R. Smith is an industry leader and proven business and marketing consultant with 27 years of experience designing and developing award-winning aerial adventure parks, including ArborTrek Canopy Adventures, and more than 30 years of experience delivering adventure-based tours and team and leadership development programming. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Wilderness Leadership from Prescott College (1998) and a Master of Training and Development from Oakland University (2004). He has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies as a business consultant, authored and published climbing guides, worked as a Field Instructor for the Outward Bound School, and is regularly retained as a zip line and adventure park expert witness. He focuses on helping adventure tour operators grow their businesses through inspections, program audits, staff training, risk-mitigation consulting, document production, and marketing.