Michael Burns is Executive Vice President of ASE and President of HR Management Group, Inc.  He has been an exceptional adviser on human resource and employment law since joining ASE in 1983. The HR Management Group, Inc., an ASE subsidiary, provides human resource consulting services.  In the early 1990s, Burns developed and implemented many of the HR Management Group’s programs and services still used today. 

Burns is a licensed attorney and private investigator in the State of Michigan. His areas of specialization include employment law, policy, affirmative action, compensation and equal employment opportunities. Burns received his Juris Doctor degree from the Detroit College of Law in 1987 and a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Michigan University in 1982. He received his Certified Compensation Professional designation in 2008.

He served on the Southeastern Michigan Industry Liaison Group Planning Committee since it was reorganized in the early 1990s, and was its Chairperson in 1999.