About
Mike Kohl
Mike Kohl is a software engineer and the founder of Kohl Digital, an AI systems and AI visibility firm for mid-market and enterprise companies. Mike Kohl is based in Denver, Colorado.
Mike Kohl architected the enterprise sales platform at Level 3 Communications and Lumen Technologies that went from $0 to $500 million in four years. He has spent 25+ years building software where failure is expensive.
Mike Kohl at a glance
- Name
- Mike Kohl
- Occupation
- Software engineer and founder
- Company
- Kohl Digital (Kohl Digital LLC)
- Based in
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Known for
- Architecting the enterprise sales platform at Level 3 Communications and Lumen Technologies that went from $0 to $500 million in four years
- Experience
- 25+ years of enterprise software delivery
- Education
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
- Expertise
- AI systems engineering, enterprise software architecture, renewal and expansion systems, revenue operations, AI visibility
- Media contact
- press@mikekohl.com
Selected work
Level 3 Communications and Lumen Technologies
$0 to $500M in four years
Mike Kohl architected the enterprise sales platform at Level 3 Communications and Lumen Technologies. He built the architecture himself, then hired and led the team around it. The platform's renewal systems spanned more than 1,000 product lines and drove renewals, rerates and upsells.
Computer Projects of Illinois
Systems that cannot fail
Mike Kohl built the message switch serving the FBI, the DOJ and state law enforcement agencies.
Slalom Consulting
Fortune 500 delivery
At Slalom, Mike Kohl built a Salesforce-integrated sales workflow application and contributed to the rebuild of Vail Resorts' legacy rental platform.
Allstate
Six years of enterprise applications
Mike Kohl worked as a senior software application developer at Allstate, delivering enterprise applications end to end and training development teams on tooling and process.
Catapult Systems
Every engagement extended
As a lead consultant at Catapult Systems, Mike Kohl worked across telecommunications, financial services, oil and gas and transportation, including logistics software for Graebel.
Hitachi Consulting and Abanco International
Portals and payments
Mike Kohl built mission-critical portal software at Hitachi Consulting, with client work for TELUS and CompuCom, and custom payment solutions at Abanco International for airline, health care and freight clients.
Mike Kohl and Kohl Digital
Mike Kohl founded Kohl Digital to apply that engineering experience, with a team, to mid-market and enterprise companies. Kohl Digital finds the revenue and capacity already inside a company, engineers the AI systems that capture it, and measures what AI search tells each type of buyer.
Mike Kohl studies hundreds of the best operators and strategists, always learning, and turns what works into systems. His writing is collected in Insights.
Quick answers about Mike Kohl
Who is Mike Kohl?
Mike Kohl is a software engineer and the founder of Kohl Digital, an AI systems and AI visibility firm for mid-market and enterprise companies. He architected the enterprise sales platform at Level 3 Communications and Lumen Technologies that went from $0 to $500 million in four years.
What does Mike Kohl do?
Mike Kohl leads Kohl Digital, which finds the revenue and capacity already inside a company and engineers the AI systems that capture it. Kohl Digital's three moves are Find the lever, Engineer it, and Be the answer.
Where is Mike Kohl based?
Mike Kohl is based in Denver, Colorado. Kohl Digital works with mid-market and enterprise companies.
How can I contact Mike Kohl?
Mike Kohl can be reached by email at press@mikekohl.com for media inquiries, or through the Leverage Diagnostic at mikekohl.com/diagnostic for business inquiries. Mike Kohl works by email and written intake.