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Mike Mello

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Founder at SimpleSide AI
📍 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Mike Mello is the founder of SimpleSide AI, leveraging a decade in staffing where he placed over 1, 300 candidates and generated nearly $20 million in profit. He now helps staffing firms scale using founder-led content and AI automation. He studied Political Science at Monmouth University and is described as professional and dependable.

Mike applies principles from his military service, such as discipline and consistency, to his business philosophy and sales approach. He is passionate about giving back to the staffing industry and often shares his insights, wins, and losses publicly to help mentor others in the field.

Before founding his company, he managed a book of business worth over $100 million in revenue.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
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Priorities

Topics Mike cares about

AI in Staffing
Believes AI won't replace great recruiters but can expose weak sales systems. He helps agencies use AI and automation to have better conversations and shorten sales cycles.
Founder-Led Content
Advocates for founders creating pain-point-driven content, especially video, to build trust and authority, believing it's more effective than focusing solely on ROI messaging.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Founder
SimpleSide AI
11-2022 - 6-2025
Account Director - Creative and Tech
Innova Solutions
6-2021 - 11-2022
Account Director - Creative and Tech
DIVERSANT, LLC
9-2019 - 5-2021
Creative Services Lead
DIVERSANT, LLC
9-2017 - 8-2019
Sales Lead
DIVERSANT, LLC
In the press

Media appearances

DGR Podcast 157 – Mike Mello (SimpleSide AI). Featured in YouTube (DGR Podcast)
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Education
2013 - 2015
Political Science
Monmouth University
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