He graduated from Notre Dame and the Yale School of Art and Architecture.
After graduation he worked with Italian architect Piero Sartogo in Rome.
[1] His practice has a staff of around 30 and has undertaken office and residential design projects.
[3][4] Saladino purchased a historic 1920s stone villa and estate grounds, located in Montecito, California, in 2001.
[8] He has served as a board member for a number of organizations, including Parsons School of Design, New York School of Interior Design, Save Venice, and the Sir John Soane Museum Foundation in London.