Michael Manfredonia is a member of the Mercury Capital Operations and Administration team and is Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Mercury, he was employed by Goldman Sachs and Co. for twenty four years. He was Chief Financial Officer of their Human Capital Management Division which employed more than 700 people and had an annual budget in excess of $1 billion. In this capacity, Mr. Manfredonia was responsible for all global finance, risk management, and business planning. He began his public accounting career with KPMG serving a wide array of clients in the precious metals, advertising and textile manufacturing industries. Mr. Manfredonia graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and German Studies and was awarded an M.B.A. in Professional Accounting from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York and is a Series 27 and a Series 99 registered person with Mercury Capital Advisors, LLC, which is a securities broker-dealer in the United States and a member of FINRA.