Savino Griesi

CEO & Co-founder

Savino grew up in Rexdale attending North Albion Collegiate and was fortunate to have friends from many backgrounds. In his 20s Savino took on multiple roles in helping the community such as becoming the After School Program director at the Jane/Finch YMCA, Counsellor at York Region Children's Aid Society, supply teacher at Toronto Catholic School Board, also worked with the Muki Baum Association for the Rehabilitation for the Multiply Handicapped along with Triad which is the premier centre for treatment and research of Autism in Canada. Savino has found it very rewarding being able to volunteer and donate to many other organizations along the way.

Savino has defined his career by his dedication to customers and partners. In his 40 years of experience in the I.T. sector he has demonstrated strong business acumen and an affinity for learning and leveraging new technology.

Savino began his technology career in University as Co-Founder of Realtime Inc with highschool best friend Usman Aziz in Toronto ('90). 1994 saw him start Nova Tech Systems Group in Honolulu, followed by a few years as Manager of Logistics at Bell Canada's supply chain solutions team. In 2000 Savino joined AskMe Corp., a Seattle based Microsoft offshoot and world leader in Portal based knowledge sharing. In 2002 he ventured to Italy and founded Allegro Wireless with longtime friend Wesley Rupel. Allegro Wireless became the fastest growing company in Canada and in the Deloitte top 50 for North America.