Geoffrey A. Manna, Managing Director

Prior to joining Columbia West Capital, Mr. Manna was the Founder and Managing Partner of Manna Capital Management, LLC, a long/short equities value-oriented hedge fund. Prior to founding Manna Capital, Mr. Manna worked 12 years in investment banking at several top firms including: The Royal Bank of Scotland , BNP Paribas Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Banc Alex Brown. During Mr. Manna's tenure as an investment banker, he successfully executed 75 transactions, representing $60 billion in value including high yield debt offerings, leveraged loan syndications, IPO's, secondary equity offerings, M&A and financial advisory assignments.

Prior to Mr. Manna's investment banking career, he served for three years as Director, Finance of U S WEST Capital Corporation where he directed financial management and merger & acquisition projects for the $3.5 billion financial services subsidiary of U S WEST. Prior to that Mr. Manna served for eight years as Senior Manager of KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mr. Manna earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia University in 1995 and a BS in Accounting from Villanova University in 1983. His credentials include earning General Securities Principal (Series 24, 7 and 63) and Certified Public Accountant licenses.