Mike Romano

Mike Romano is a sales and business development executive who currently leads business development and marketing operations at Stairs Financial, a specialized financial technology firm backed by Y Combinator. Prior to assuming his current executive role, he founded and operated a separate mortgage technology startup that also secured early-stage venture funding and institutional support from the Y Combinator accelerator program. Throughout his career in the financial technology sector, Romano has specialized in rapidly scaling enterprise sales teams and forging strategic commercial partnerships within high-growth operational environments. His professional tenure demonstrates a consistent operational focus on bridging the gap between complex mortgage lending products and consumer accessibility through targeted marketing and business development initiatives. Romano currently focuses his efforts on expanding market reach and driving institutional growth for early-stage fintech platforms navigating the modern real estate and digital lending sectors.