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 💪🏻.
Career
Tonio DeSorrento studied at United States Naval Academy (B.S.) and Georgetown University (J.D.).
Advisor at Arkenstone Defense from 2026 to Present in Menlo Park, CAAdvisor at Arkenstone Defense, a defense-industry operating platform that acquired GovPort.
Marine Innovation Unit (Det Leader) at U.S. Marines from 2024 to PresentRecommissioned as a part-time Marine and contributed to technical due diligence and modernization work for the Marine Corps.
Chief Executive Officer at GovPort from 2022 to 2025Co-founded and led GovPort, a subcontractor-management platform for government contractors. GovPort was later acquired by Arkenstone Defense.Worked with Leo Polovets.
Visiting Scholar at Philadelphia Fed from 2022 to 2024Served as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Consumer Finance Institute.
Partner and Entrepreneur-In-Residence at On Deck from 2022 to 2022Supported entrepreneurs through ODX, On Deck’s accelerator for high-growth companies.Worked with Erik Torenberg.
Chief Executive Officer at Vemo Education from 2015 to 2021Co-founded and led Vemo Education, an education-finance company focused on income-share and pay-for-success tuition programs.Worked with Sam Lessin.GLAdjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law from 2014 to 2019Taught law, including fintech-related subject matter, as an adjunct professor.
Deputy General Counsel at SoFi from 2013 to 2015Joined SoFi as an early employee and executive after serving as general counsel of a startup; helped build and fund financial products.Worked with Mike Cagney.
Associate at Orrick from 2008 to 2012Practiced in the Structured Finance group, including work involving income-share agreements and complex finance.Captain at U.S. Marines from 1999 to 2005Served as a Marine artillery officer before transitioning to civilian legal and technology roles.