Michael Savino

Michael Savino is the current President at LAUNCH. Prior to this, they were the Senior Vice President at Rightpoint from October 2020 to October 2021. Rightpoint is a global experience leader that works with clients from defining and enabling vision to ensuring ongoing market relevance. From September 2009 to October 2020, Savino was the Principal & Managing Director at Something Digital where they were an angel investor and mentor to startups and early stage companies. Michael made direct investments in Brilliant.org, Rise Robotics, Ohmconnect, Wearaway and Zillabyte. Savino was also the General Manager at mindSHIFT Technologies from July 2005 to September 2009 where they co-managed a family-owned commercial property in New York City. Their previous positions include Principal at Angel Investor, Managing Member at ALCAM Property Management LLC, Principal at Union Square Technology Group LLC from December 1996 to June 2005, and Director at LANSystems, Inc. from January 1990 to December 1996. Savino began their career as a Global Transmission Engineer at J.P. Morgan from January 1988 to December 1990.

Michael Savino received a BSEE from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering in electrical engineering/computer science, an MSEE from the same school in electrical engineering/telecommunications, and an MBA in finance from Pace University. Michael attended high school at Xaverian High School.

Michael Savino works with Laura Lake - Fund Operations, Matt Kotler - VP of Sales, and Charlie Cuddy - Curriculum Designer. Their manager is Jason Calacanis, Founder & CEO.