Mike Grandinetti

Entrepreneur - Innovation Expert - Chief Strategy Officer - Board Member - Award Winning Professor - Thought Leader - Keynote Speaker - Design Sprint Leader - B2B Mktg Expert l exMcKinsey

Mike Grandinetti is a prominent figure in the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship, and marketing with a successful track record as a serial tech entrepreneur, professor, innovation consultant, board member, hackathon leader, keynote speaker, and startup mentor.

As a CXO of 8 previous VC-backed startups, he has been involved in 2 NASDAQ IPOs and the acquisition of 7 companies by major players such as AT&T, IBM, Iron Mountain, Oracle, and Symantec. Mike has raised over $1 billion in VC and public equity capital and received awards for innovative organizational design and the use of technology stacks like Hubspot.

In academia, Mike has excelled as a Professor, winning numerous teaching excellence awards and being part of designing cutting-edge MBA curriculums. He has taught at prestigious institutions like Babson, Berkeley, Brown, and Harvard, with consistently high student evaluations over 20 years.

At MIT, he has served as a Senior Lecturer and judge in the $100K startup competition, while also being a faculty member for the MIT EF's Founders Program and organizing the MIT CIO Symposium.

Mike's consulting expertise spans corporate strategy, innovation, and design thinking, with clients including major companies like Accenture, Dell, Ferrari, Nestle, Pirelli, and SAB Miller. He also actively mentors startups, sits on multiple boards, and is highly rated in elite accelerator programs.

Beyond his professional endeavors, Mike Grandinetti is actively engaged in social impact activities, winning awards for driving diversity and inclusion in the tech and startup communities. He serves on boards related to global ventilator design challenges and has facilitated hackathons during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mike is a sought-after keynote speaker at various events, including Global Startup Fest and Nestle's Hackathon, and a columnist writing for publications like Forbes and Money Inc. His educational background includes an MBA from Yale School of Management and a B.S. in Engineering from Rutgers University College of Engineering.