Michael Mitrano

Michael Mitrano joined Transition Strategies in 1999. He has served as an M&A advisor or management consultant to over thirty research companies.

Before joining Transition Strategies, Mr. Mitrano was Executive Vice President and a principal at Response Analysis Corporation Princeton, NJ, where he worked for 14 years. He directed finance, opera-tions, technology, and human resources at the company, which is now part of GfK. He also handled two of the company’s largest accounts.

In 1988, he was part of the leadership group that negotiated an ESOP-based leveraged buyout of Response Analysis from its founders. He obtained financing and oversaw legal work for the transaction.

After leaving Response Analysis and before joining Transition Strategies, Mr. Mitrano served as CFO for The Chauncey Group International, Ltd. He restructured the corporation’s debt, established subsidiaries in the Netherlands and France, and acquired a French business.

Mr. Mitrano has been Treasurer and served on the Board of Directors of the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO), the U.S. full-service survey research trade group. He has spoken at CASRO, MRA, CAMRO, and ESOMAR events.

Mr. Mitrano holds an MBA from New York University, and a BA cum laude and with General Honors from the University of Pennsylvania.