Michael Yamartino

Michael Yamartino has a diverse work experience. Michael is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Route since August 2022. Prior to their current role, they were the SVP Product and Partnerships at Route from July 2020.

Before Route, Michael worked as a Startup Advisor and Investor for various companies starting from August 2018.

Michael also served as a Product Advisor at Karat from January 2019 to March 2020.

Michael has held leadership positions at InVision, where they were the VP Product from December 2017 to July 2018, and at Pinterest, where they started as the Head of Content and Commerce in April 2012. During their time at Pinterest, Michael played various leadership roles and led teams working on user-facing features, partner-facing features, and foundational technology. Michael managed teams of Product Managers and built and led large cross-functional organizations. Michael also contributed to corporate development, partnerships, and strategy at Pinterest. Michael'stenure at Pinterest ended in December 2017.

Prior to joining Pinterest, Michael worked at Microsoft as the Director of Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions from October 2009 to April 2012. In this role, they provided strategy development and advisory services across Microsoft's divisions, with a focus on cloud computing, online and mobile platform strategy, and Xbox gaming.

Michael's career began at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking, where they worked as an Associate from July 2006 to August 2009. In this role, they structured and arranged debt financing for leveraged buyouts of middle-market companies, with a specific focus on the media and telecom sectors. Michael led due diligence, modeling, and term sheet negotiations and supervised junior staff.

Before their corporate career, Michael founded and led PokerScope, a company that built an AI-powered heads-up display for online poker players. Michael'sresponsibilities included obtaining angel investment, and recruiting and managing programming and design teams. Michael founded PokerScope in July 2003 and exited the company in September 2005.

Michael Yamartino attended Brown University where they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Physics. However, no specific start year or end year for their education at the university are mentioned.