Michael Colonnese

Michael Colonnese

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CEO at SV Academy | Hire pre-trained SDRs with NO fees! | Operator/Investor in EdTech & Future of Work
Miami, Florida, United States

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  • Anthropic
    Investor
    Anthropic
    Feb 2026 - Current (9 months)
    Anthropic is an AI safety and research company working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
  • PEF Community
    Member
    PEF Community
    Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 10 months)
    A global community of post-exit founders supporting each other on life’s endless journey to find purpose, fulfillment, and meaning.
  • Pavilion
    Executive Member
    Pavilion
    May 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)
    Pavilion is fueled by an international community of sales, marketing, success, and RevOps leaders from the world’s fastest growing companies. Together, we teach new skills, forge meaningful connections, and help our companies grow.
  • SV Academy
    CEO
    SV Academy
    Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 8 months)
    SV Academy was named this year's #2 Most Innovative Education Program by Fast Company.

    Through a set of employer designed, practice-driven, rigorous online learning experiences, SV Academy offers diverse jobseekers access to sales and customer success careers at more than 400+ partner companies. Our community provides skill-building, mentorship, job placement assistance, and post-hire support, such as alumni networking events and coaching. You may have seen us in the news recently, as we launched a partnership with Salesforce to deliver a new set of career discovery programs on Coursera.

    SV Academy graduates are 60% women, 25% Black, 17% Latin, and 70% first generation. From the inception of our school, our graduates h
  • Orum
    Investor
    Orum
    Aug 2022 - Current (4 years 3 months)
    Built by Sales for Sales. Orum delivers instant live customer conversations with your target market 🚀

    Invested via Tribe Capital
  • YaizY
    Advisor
    YaizY
    May 2021 - Current (5 years 6 months)
    An innovative and fun way to prepare students for digital careers. YaizY helps students explore their passions, experience future career interests, and develop 21st century skills in fun, challenging courses.
  • Carta
    Investor
    Carta
    May 2019 - Current (7 years 6 months)
    Carta helps companies and investors manage their cap tables, valuations, investments, and equity plans.
  • HR DataHub
    Investor
    HR DataHub
    Jan 2019 - Current (7 years 10 months)
    HR DataHub is changing the way companies share and access external benchmarking data. The SaaS platform provides benchmark data for all areas of HR including Reward, Diversity, Women in Leadership, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Engagement, Talent, Learning & Development, HR Efficiency, and Gender Pay Gap.
  • XOi Technologies
    Advisor
    XOi Technologies
    Sep 2018 - Current (8 years 2 months)
    As one of the fastest growing startups in Nashville, Tennessee, XOi Technologies is changing the way field service companies in the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing industries capture data, communicate with stakeholders, and service their customers.
  • Young Founders Institute
    Startup Coach
    Young Founders Institute
    May 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 9 months)
    Our mission is to shape the next generation of entrepreneurs by teaching entrepreneurship through building real companies with teens from across the world.
  • Tassel Software
    Advisor
    Tassel Software
    May 2020 - Apr 2022 (2 years)
    Tassel Software builds collaborative tools to help college administrators and faculty connect and support their students in meaningful ways in Guided and Career Pathways.
  • Always Hired Sales Bootcamp
    Chief Operating Officer
    Always Hired Sales Bootcamp
    Nov 2019 - Mar 2024 (4 years 5 months)
    Kickstarting peoples careers in tech sales through our Tuition-FREE immersive, live-instructor led training program followed by our 90-day PAID Sales Residency program.... no tuition, no ISA! We're changing the Future of Work and Education and eliminating Student Debt for good!

    Venture-backed by University Ventures, Kapor Capital, and Fresco Capital.
  • Edvo
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Edvo
    Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 (6 months)
    Edvo lets you work across all of your information in one place so you can think, collaborate, and create freely.
  • startups
    Batch 16
    startups
    Jan 2016 - May 2016 (5 months)
    500 Startups is a premier global venture capital firm with a network of startup programs for founders, mentors, and investors.
  • WorkAmerica acquired
    CEO & Founder (acquired)
    WorkAmerica acquired
    Nov 2012 - May 2018 (5 years 7 months)
    WorkAmerica is the "LinkedIn for the Skilled Trades." We are the online network for community college, vocational, and CTE students and graduates in the skilled trades, allied health, and IT. By uniting education and employment, we make it easier for America’s job seekers to find work based on their credentials, and for America’s employers to hire the skilled labor talent they need.

    Venture-backed by Acumen, Kapor Capital, 500 Startups, and Acceleprise.
  • Jeffrey J Kimbell  Associates
    Chief Operating Officer
    Jeffrey J Kimbell Associates
    Apr 2012 - Oct 2012 (7 months)
  • Infor
    Financial Business Consultant
    Infor
    Feb 2010 - Apr 2012 (2 years 3 months)
    Lead North American solution consultant for financials in Process Manufacturing specializing in the ERP Adage product.

    Former President of Corporate Training Program
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  • University of Tennessee Knoxville
    BS, Finance and Accounting
    University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • Istituto Lorenzo de Medici
    Advanced Art History
    Istituto Lorenzo de Medici
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