Michael Maniscalco is a founding Principal at Cerus Capital, LLC (“Cerus”) and serves as a member of the investment committee. He helps lead the overall growth and strategic direction of the platform, as well as helps oversee all investmentmanagement, finance and operations, including asset allocation, investment strategy, portfolio optimization, risk management and value creation.
Mr Maniscalco is a veteran financial and investment executive with a strong, successful track record of performance and value creation throughout his 24-year career. With extensive experience in finance, investment management, operations and tax advisory and executing on transactions across a wide variety of asset classes and industry sectors within middle market private equity, he is an expert at identifying strategic growth opportunities, assessing risk, improving profitabilityand optimizing returns, along with a proven ability to execute and create significant value.
Most recently, Michael Maniscalco was the Vice President of Finance & Accounting at Kenyon Energy/Bay4 Energy Services, a full service asset management, investment and solar power company based in Safety Harbor, Florida, providing energy and solar assets to private and public companies and entities throughout the US. Prior to Bay4, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Carbon Composites, a manufacturer, distributor and engineering service provider of carbon fiber components based in Boston, Massachusetts where he grew total revenues close to $40 million at its peak, as well as a senior level Finance and Accounting Consultant to an established, high growth private Family Office based in Palm Beach, Florida with well over $1 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Carbon, Mr Maniscalco was a senior level Finance and Tax Manager at SHE America, a publicly traded US subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Company based in Japan, a $10 billion dollar manufacturer of semiconductor silicon wafers and PVC chemicals. He began his career as a Senior Corporate Accountant with Deloitte, immediately followed by joining Fairway America, a middle market real estate private equity investment management firm based in Portland,Oregon, as a corporate level Controller.
Mr Maniscalco holds a Bachelor ofScience in Accounting and Political Science from Boston University, as well as a Juris Doctorate, Certificate in Taxationfrom the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark, where he was a Dean’s Scholar. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant and competed at the highest levels of collegiate swimming, having received a full athletic scholarship as a member and Co-Captainof the Varsity Men’s Swim Team at Boston University. Mr Maniscalco currently resides with his family in Tampa, Florida.