About Mike
Mike Petroskey has spent twenty years implementing, integrating, and operationalizing technology across companies ranging from single-location SMBs to national enterprise organizations. He built However We Got Here because specialty contractors deserve the same implementation rigor that large companies take for granted.
The Background
Mike's career started in enterprise technology at Compellent and Dell, where he learned how large organizations evaluate, select, and deploy complex technology systems. He spent years working across data storage, server infrastructure, and solutions integration in environments where implementation failures had real consequences and every integration had to be validated before it went live.
From there he moved into growth-stage software companies, including Blue Medora and ArcSite, where the challenge wasn't enterprise budget or dedicated IT teams. It was figuring out how to build and run a real technology operation with limited resources and no room for a botched rollout. At ArcSite, a field service and estimating platform used directly by specialty contractors, he ran the full revenue and operations function and saw firsthand what technology adoption looked like from the contractor's side of the screen.
He is currently Chief Revenue Officer at Alta Vista Technology, a $100M organization focused on Sage Intacct and ERP systems for mid-market companies. That role sits at the intersection of complex integration work, multi-system implementations, and the operational challenges that come with running accounting and business intelligence infrastructure at scale.
However We Got Here is the consulting practice where all of that experience gets applied for the specialty contractors who need it most and have historically had the least access to it.
What That Experience Produces
Knowing how to evaluate what a business actually has, what it actually needs, and where the gaps are costing real money. Not what looks good on a spec sheet.
Running a technology rollout from scoping through go-live. Defining success criteria upfront, managing vendor timelines, and keeping the project from expanding past what the team can actually absorb.
Building connections between systems that work under real conditions. Knowing what to test, how to validate data flow, and what breaks when volume or edge cases hit a live integration.
Mapping how a business actually operates and building the digital workflows that match it. Automations that stick because they were designed around real processes, not theoretical ones.
Getting a team to actually use the system you built. Understanding how people resist change, how to structure training for field and office staff, and how to build accountability without burning goodwill.
Experience with Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, and job costing systems. Knowing how operations data needs to flow into accounting and what breaks when it doesn't sync correctly.
Career Timeline
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