Hi, I’m Tony DeRosa, the founder of Team Up Improv.
Tony DeRosa worked at Google and YouTube for over a decade during which time he led multiple employee satisfaction programs, oversaw a manager development program, built a regional sales escalations program, and designed processes to align business metrics to fair performance evaluation.
He and his wife relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area from Michigan in 2020 where he led a scaled support team for YouTube focused on Help Center excellence for sites generating 10B annual visits globally. Tony returned to Ann Arbor in 2023 after a three-year stint on the West Coast to focus on entrepreneurial endeavors, including founding Team Up Improv and opening a brewery + comedy theater.
Prior to the move west, Tony completed an MBA at the University of Michigan (Ross) with a focus on Entrepreneurship. At Ross, he worked on multiple consulting projects for clients ranging from early stage tech startups to Fortune 500 companies.
Outside of work, you'll find Tony on stage performing or teaching improv comedy. He frequently leads workshops inside and outside of Google focused on leveraging improv fundamentals to drive happier, more connected teams that get results. His particular passion is customizing workshops from his improv "toolkit" based on an organization's unique challenges or goals.