ichael Hartofilis is the founder and CEO of Howl, a community safety app. Before Howl, Mike founded the alternative energy company Greenlight Energy at just 24 years old, which has grown from New York to eight US states since 2010. Following this early success, Mike sought out to create an app that could connect neighbors to their community with “local, relevant, and urgent” information, without the spam, ads, and other distractions that plague other neighborhood forums.