Michael Carlino is a PhD student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the area of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics. He describes himself as Protestant evangelical conservative. His plans after PhD work are to teach in the Bible college setting in the area(s) of Systematic Theology and/or Christian Ethics while pastoring a local church.

He is an online operations expert, who manages a large product assortment for sellers and directs pricing strategies, competitive strategies, and market positioning.

He plays ultimate Frisbee and is married to Kylie.