Our Story
Through an act of kindness, compassion, and the fight for recovery, Stages was born.
At the lowest point of his addiction, CEO of Stages, Peter Mastrogiacomo, met with a dear friend of his, co-founder of Stages, Dominic Chianese, who helped him get sober and ultimately saved his life. Stages was created to consolidate our years of experience in recovery in order to make the transformational process accessible to all.
We’ve been there. We understand and are here to assist you. It doesn’t matter if you (or a loved one) are in full blown addiction; already in recovery or unsure if you have a substance abuse problem – we can help.
With our model – the more you put in, the more you will get out of it. Stages offers a simplified process towards recovery, providing multiple educational tools in a way that is universally accessible.
- How we accomplish this:
Stages uses a Web-Based Intuitive platform that is accessible via mobile app. We provide Learning Management Systems for those affected by addiction, as well as for their friends and loved ones to cope with the challenges for those who suffer with substance abuse.
Design a life you don’t want to lose.
Our Founders & Leaders:
Peter Mastrogiacomo
Peter Mastrogiacomo, Stages Chief Executive Officer, struggled with addiction for over three decades. Now having years of sobriety and experience in the recovery process, he is able to personally relate to our users and guide them on a path of recovery. He is the Founder, Owner, and Operator of Grayson Sky International, a marketing and branding firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Peter has served as an import/export liaison between vendors such as QVC and manufacturers in Spain, Italy, Taiwan, China, and Japan, managing domestic and international shipping logistics. While traveling internationally, he visits manufacturing facilities onsite to inspect and implement optimal workflows. He has developed brand management and product design for dozens of successful accounts, also exuding finance intuition and expertise as an Independent Futures Trader and Portfolio Manager.
Besides dedicating himself without relent to improving his clients’ portfolio performance, brand presence and integrity, and general happiness, Peter believes devoutly in building and enhancing ecosystems: creative, commercial, and environmental.
Dominic Chianese
Dominic Chianese Jr. – Co-founder of Stages and Chief Recovery Officer, has unyielding passion as an Addiction Recovery Specialist. Over the course of his 16 years of personal freedom from addiction, Dominic had been writing down ideas in a notebook detailing a recovery plan of action he wished to one day have come to fruition. Through his efforts in helping co-founder of Stages Peter Mastrogiacomo, the two began to forge an idea into reality.
Dominic has worked as a key personnel team member at various distinguished recovery and rehabilitation facilities. He has consulted countless clients of every walk of life. He has a no-nonsense approach to addiction, and believes a life in recovery is a collaborative effort. By working with each individual he utilizes multiple evidence-based modalities. By discovering commonalities and general truths about these treatments, he also recognizes that each person’s journey of recovery is unique and should be treated with a customized approach.
Ravi Gupta
Archie Menezes
Archie Menezes, Stages Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer, is an energetic and innovative executive with a distinguished 25 year career leading sales operations for high-growth diverse financial institutions, with expertise in launching new products to market for Fortune 500 brands. Archie’s key capabilities include sales, operations, and go to market strategies, with a keen ability to position these companies for innovation and profitable growth.
With a successful track record of startups, business strategy/execution, and exits, Archie is an expert in entrepreneurship, product innovation, strategic marketing, and business development drive success in revenue, market share, acquisition, and IPO goals. In sales roles, Archie led responsibilities in setting up, managing and growing both indirect and direct distribution networks and channel transformation strategies for new product launches.
He builds, implements, and oversees systems, processes, workflows, and procedures that shape future developments of organizations in IT Enabled Services environments.
By demonstrating passion about novel business approaches achieved in an ecosystem, Archie delivers commercial and social value in the enterprises he involves himself in. His thought leadership and affable persona are universally beloved and appreciated. His deep understanding (and leveraging) of Geospatial Technologies uplifts both bottom lines and company morale, successfully spanning multiple industry verticals, such as: technology, retail, banking and insurance, utilities, precision agriculture, image processing, blockchain, and AI.
Having had his own struggles with depression, Archie intimately understands that access to mental health recovery is imperative to today’s society.
Timothy Peine
Timothy Peine is the Business Operations Manager for Stages. With a background in computer science and finance, and being in recovery himself, Timothy understands the importance of fusing current technology with modern day solutions for drug and alcohol recovery. He has pioneered business development for startups, including founding his own financial and business consultancy firm, Viridian Financial. He has worked as a data analyst in cyber security, as well as performing financial modeling for SaaS and manufacturing companies. At Stages, he works tirelessly with our founders and team members to ensure our vision becomes a reality.
In addition to ensuring successful operational execution, Timothy’s public communications skills enable him to seamlessly coordinate each team working within Stages. His professional experience and personal connection to recovery make him an integral asset to Stages.
Peter Mastrogiacomo, Stages Chief Executive Officer, struggled with addiction for over three decades. Now having years of sobriety and experience in the recovery process, he is able to personally relate to our users and guide them on a path of recovery. He is the Founder, Owner, and Operator of Grayson Sky International, a marketing and branding firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Peter has served as an import/export liaison between vendors such as QVC and manufacturers in Spain, Italy, Taiwan, China, and Japan, managing domestic and international shipping logistics. While traveling internationally, he visits manufacturing facilities onsite to inspect and implement optimal workflows. He has developed brand management and product design for dozens of successful accounts, also exuding finance intuition and expertise as an Independent Futures Trader and Portfolio Manager.
Besides dedicating himself without relent to improving his clients’ portfolio performance, brand presence and integrity, and general happiness, Peter believes devoutly in building and enhancing ecosystems: creative, commercial, and environmental.
Ravi Gupta, Stages Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, began his venture at IBM in 1998, serving as a Program Manager and consultant for ERP and e-business. Additionally, Ravi was the Delivery Project Executive for American Express, leading a 15% increase in client acquisition and a 20% reduction of error rate in his first year of the implementation of the Online Acquisition technology platform. As a Business Development and Delivery Executive for American Express, Ravi managed strategic relationships for top IT executives. As a Technology Account Lead, he was responsible for $50 million dollars of application development, as well as maintenance and consulting contracts.
His boundless expertise provided strategic services and management of large transformation programs in IT Strategy and Transformation, the Application Migration Factory and Center of Excellence, Cloud Transformation, Innovation Services (including Mobility and Multi-Channel Integration), Business Process Management, Data Center Migration, and Project and Program Management. He was also IBM’s Services Executive for their Financial Services Industry, where he was responsible for IBM Sales & Business Development for Financial Services clients.
Beyond his technological and financial wizardry, Ravi is also a compassionate and philanthropic soul, founding MakeADifference.Tech, a non-profit organization that uses Blockchain and AI Platform to combat the food crisis. Currently, he is the Managing Director of EY (Ernst & Young). Ravi passionately believes that his purpose in life is to harness the power of technology to address the most pressing challenges we face in society, including the opioid epidemic, addiction, and the mental health crisis. Through compassionate capitalism, Ravi is a leader in building a better society.
Archie Menezes, Stages Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer, is an energetic and innovative executive with a distinguished 25 year career leading sales operations for high-growth diverse financial institutions, with expertise in launching new products to market for Fortune 500 brands. Archie’s key capabilities include sales, operations, and go to market strategies, with a keen ability to position these companies for innovation and profitable growth.
With a successful track record of startups, business strategy/execution, and exits, Archie is an expert in entrepreneurship, product innovation, strategic marketing, and business development drive success in revenue, market share, acquisition, and IPO goals. In sales roles, Archie led responsibilities in setting up, managing and growing both indirect and direct distribution networks and channel transformation strategies for new product launches. He builds, implements, and oversees systems, processes, workflows, and procedures that shape future developments of organizations in IT Enabled Services environments.
By demonstrating passion about novel business approaches achieved in an ecosystem, Archie delivers commercial and social value in the enterprises he involves himself in. His thought leadership and affable persona are universally beloved and appreciated. His deep understanding (and leveraging) of Geospatial Technologies uplifts both bottom lines and company morale, successfully spanning multiple industry verticals, such as: technology, retail, banking and insurance, utilities, precision agriculture, image processing, blockchain, and AI.
Having had his own struggles with depression, Archie intimately understands that access to mental health recovery is imperative to today’s society.
Timothy Peine is the Business Operations Manager for Stages. With a background in computer science and finance, and being in recovery himself, Timothy understands the importance of fusing current technology with modern day solutions for drug and alcohol recovery. He has pioneered business development for startups, including founding his own financial and business consultancy firm, Viridian Financial. He has worked as a data analyst in cyber security, as well as performing financial modeling for SaaS and manufacturing companies. At Stages, he works tirelessly with our founders and team members to ensure our vision becomes a reality.
In addition to ensuring successful operational execution, Timothy’s public communications skills enable him to seamlessly coordinate each team working within Stages. His professional experience and personal connection to recovery make him an integral asset to Stages.
