Michael Canzoneri is a pragmatic CTO and three-time founder with 16 years of experience building and operating cloud-native SaaS platforms, leading TechOps, DevOps, InfoSec, QE, and support teams through growth, fundraising, and M&A. He combines deep hands-on systems engineering (Linux, release engineering, CI/CD) with product and business savvy—having led SOC2/ISO certifications, driven automated test coverage to 75%, and shepherded acquisitions from both buyer and seller perspectives. At Torch he scaled operations through Series A–C while maintaining 4.9 CSAT and 99% SLA, and he has repeatedly translated operational pain points into product solutions for complex workflows (notably in aviation communications with AireXpert). A frequent fractional CTO, investor, and advisor, he excels at building psychologically safe teams that deliver operational excellence and measurable cost savings. Based in Orchard Park, NY, he is as comfortable negotiating contracts and M&A terms as he is optimizing release pipelines and disaster recovery practices.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University at Buffalo
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