Arkenstone DefenseAdvisor
2026 — PresentMenlo Park, CA
Advisor at Arkenstone Defense, a defense-industry operating platform that acquired GovPort.
Tonio DeSorrento On the side of the Builders. Optimist. Advisor @ Arkenstone Defense and @USMC Reservist at MIU. Gold-digging on @AmeliaFriedman. Father of six 💪🏻.
Tonio DeSorrento On the side of the Builders. Optimist. Advisor @ Arkenstone Defense and @USMC Reservist at MIU. Gold-digging on @AmeliaFriedman. Father of six 💪🏻.
2026 — PresentMenlo Park, CA
Advisor at Arkenstone Defense, a defense-industry operating platform that acquired GovPort.
2024 — Present
Recommissioned as a part-time Marine and contributed to technical due diligence and modernization work for the Marine Corps.
2022 — 2025
Co-founded and led GovPort, a subcontractor-management platform for government contractors. GovPort was later acquired by Arkenstone Defense.
2022 — 2024
Served as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Consumer Finance Institute.
2022 — 2022
Supported entrepreneurs through ODX, On Deck’s accelerator for high-growth companies.
2015 — 2021
Co-founded and led Vemo Education, an education-finance company focused on income-share and pay-for-success tuition programs.
2014 — 2019
Taught law, including fintech-related subject matter, as an adjunct professor.
2013 — 2015
Joined SoFi as an early employee and executive after serving as general counsel of a startup; helped build and fund financial products.
2008 — 2012
Practiced in the Structured Finance group, including work involving income-share agreements and complex finance.
1999 — 2005
Served as a Marine artillery officer before transitioning to civilian legal and technology roles.