Michael Dayton is a Senior Pension & ERISA Governance Specialist at The Dayton Company, a registered investment advisory firm. Mike has over 22 years experience in the financial services industry primarily focused in servicing retirement plans. He is the co-founder of Ekstra401k which is a national 401(k) MEP provider and is the co-founder of PLANALYTiQ, a 401(k) analytics and benchmarking firm.

Prior to joining The Dayton Company, he was with ADP as a payroll, HR and employee benefit consultant. Along with almost a decade of corporate finance and private lending experience, Mike was recruited by his father to direct the pension division at The Dayton Company and was named president of the firm a few years later.