Mike Fisher

Linguistic & Branding Coordinator US Market

Linguistic & Branding Coordinator, US Market

Mike Fisher has worked at Skriptor AB for over ten years, and is our Linguistic & Branding Coordinator in the US Market. He received his PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Chicago; however, he also has a background in linguistics, as he wrote his Master’s thesis on inverse parallelism in ancient Assyrian texts and studied Arabic and Syriac for his Bachelor’s degree at the University of Notre Dame. Mike has also studied some French, German, Akkadian, and Sumerian, and has picked up a little bit of Dari and Kurdish along the way.

Mike is both a computational and field archaeologist specializing in digital and multidisciplinary methodologies for researching and preserving the past. His current position is at the University of Oxford managing a database of endangered archaeological sites. When he’s not at Oxford, he is busy co-directing excavations in Kurdistan, Iraq. With his experience throughout the years, Mike is excellent at identifying problems and solving these with his analytical abilities. It comes as no surprise that logic and structure are his fortes.

Other interests include researching the role of brewing and alcohol consumption in ancient societies, tasting single malt Scotch whiskies, seeing live music, and–as a native New Yorker and long-time Chicagoan–seeking out the best pizza wherever he goes.