Mike started working for Wick in 2018 when the company bought The Wenatchee World in Wenatchee, Washington, where he worked as a photojournalist for over 30 years. While in that role he also worked as a systems administrator for the newsroom content management system.

Mike took over as the IT Manager at the Wenatchee World in January 2019 and has since expanded on that role to assist with IT issues for other Wick publications.