Mike Cristinziano
Former head of Corporate Development, Citrix at Bull City Venture Partners
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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About
Mike Cristinziano is a Strategy and Corporate Development Consultant at CatalystNinja, working with public and private growth-stage software companies. He also serves as an independent board member, investor, and advisor, and has been involved in M&A and financing transactions totaling over $7 billion in cumulative deal value across 25 years.
Experience
- CatalystNinjaStrategy & Corporate Development Consultantcurrent2017 — present
- Scale Social AIInvestor and Advisorcurrent2025 — presentDurham, North Carolina, United States
- AllstacksInvestor and Advisorcurrent2024 — presentRaleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- LevitateInvestor and Member Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentRaleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Bull City Venture PartnersInvestor and Advisory Board Membercurrent2022 — presentDurham, NC
- Login VSIInvestor and Advisory Board Membercurrent2021 — presentAmsterdam, The Netherlands
- MacrometaAdvisory Board Member2019 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- NstreamStrategic Advisor2021 — 2023Campbell, California, United States
- TrueContext, formerly ProntoFormsMember Board Of Directors, Compensation Committee Chairman2016 — 2023Ottawa, Canada Area
- Triangle Tweener FundFounding Funder2022Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- ServiceTradeInvestor and Member Board Of Directors2017 — 2021Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- AppBusAdvisory Board Member2018 — 2020Greater Philadelphia Area
- DigitalOceanSVP, Strategy & Corporate Development2018 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- ImpervaStrategic Advisor2017 — 2018Redwood City, CA
- NutanixSrategic Advisor2017 — 2018San Jose, CA
- Digital GuardianTechnical Advisory Board Member2016 — 2018
- Digital GuardianInvestor and Member Board Of Directors2012 — 2015Waltham, MA
- CitrixCorporate VP, Strategic Development2003 — 2017Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Untangle, Inc.Member Board Of Directors2007 — 2016Sunnyvale, CA
- UnitrendsAdvisory Board Member2011 — 2013Columbia, South Carolina, United States
- SourcefireMember Board Of Directors2009 — 2013Columbia, Maryland, United States
- Bridgewater SystemsMember Board Of Directors2005 — 2011Ottawa, Ontario
- BMO Capital MarketsManaging Director1997 — 2003Greater New York City Area
- Needham & CompanyVice President1995 — 1997
- Telcordia TechnologiesMember of Technical Staff1988 — 1995
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mike Cristinziano?
- Mike Cristinziano is a Strategy and Corporate Development Consultant at CatalystNinja, working with public and private growth-stage software companies. He also serves as an independent board member, investor, and advisor, and has been involved in M&A and financing transactions totaling over $7 billion in cumulative deal value across 25 years.
- Where did Mike Cristinziano go to school?
- Mike Cristinziano studied at University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science (MS), Systems Engineering); Temple University (BS, Electrical Engineering); Carnegie Mellon University (Information Networking Institute).
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Also worked at Allstacks11
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