Founder and President: Michael obtained a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering from the General Motors Institute and an M.B.A. from Wayne State University. He began his real estate career in 1980 after working as a vice president at Federal Mogul Corporation and then a plant manager for Allied Resins, Inc. He founded a real estate brokerage company, Kent and Company, P.A., in 1984 and in response to the growth of the management portion of the company; he founded Progressive Management of America, Inc. (Progressive Management). Mr. Kent has served as an officer for the Okaloosa Community Development Corporation since 1994 as an advocate of affordable housing.