Our Story
For years, we watched talented young people struggle through career transitions that should have been smoother. They had the degrees. They had the drive. But they lacked the strategy, the confidence, and the support to turn potential into real opportunity.
University career centers were overwhelmed. Online advice was generic. AI tools could polish a resume, but couldn't teach someone how to tell their story or build actual relationships.
We built Launch to close that gap.
Between us, we bring over 50 years of experience in management consulting, business transformation, brand strategy, and leadership development. We've worked with Fortune 500 companies and coached professionals at every stage. But our real passion has always been the same: helping people who are ready to go but don't yet know exactly how to get there.
Launch exists because we believe emerging professionals deserve more than generic advice. They deserve a system, one that gives them clarity, confidence, and the skills to build careers that last.
Leadership Team
Kevin Kelliher
Kevin brings over 25 years of experience in management consulting and business transformation — most of it spent at Booz Allen Hamilton and Ernst & Young, leading high-stakes initiatives for private and public sector clients. He's the kind of person who ends up mentoring people without even planning to — interns, students, colleagues, friends. Over and over, he found himself helping people clarify goals, rebuild their stories, and navigate decisions that mattered.
That pattern, combined with his strategic expertise, became Launch.
Kevin holds a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College, an M.S. from Johns Hopkins University, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a certificate in AI in Business Operations from MIT.
Kevin has a deep industry network across multiple sectors. A structured methodology for career development. And a genuine belief that the right guidance, at the right moment, changes everything.
CEO & Co-Founder
Paul Pita
Paul is a brand strategist, certified coach, and former agency CEO who built and merged a multimillion-dollar advertising firm before spending years helping some of the country's most recognized enterprises tell their stories. Paul has worked on national brands like Coca-Cola, United HealthCare. Antigua Apparel and other enterprise level companies. His agency, The Pita Group, became one of Connecticut's top-ranked Hispanic-owned firms before he orchestrated a merger with a national digital agency and helped grow to make the Inc. 5000 list in 2020.)
What Paul learned from all of it: The professionals who stood out weren't always the most credentialed. They were the ones who knew how to communicate who they were, show up with conviction, and build relationships that opened doors.
That insight is what drove him to Launch.
Paul is a certified coach, regular speaker on personal branding and leadership, and has served on the boards of the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, the University of Hartford, and the Connecticut Art Directors Club (where he served as President). He holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Central Connecticut State University.
Co-Founder & Chief Leadership Officer
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