Founder of Sententia Capital Management LLC, Michael R. Zapata currently is Executive Chairman, President & CEO at Schmitt Industries, Inc.

He is also on the board of Tip of The Spear Foundation, New York Texas A&M Foundation, Pineapple Energy LLC and Pineapple Energy, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York.