Management Team
Mark DiSalvo
Director, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim President
Mr. DiSalvo is the President and CEO of Sema4, Inc., a leading global professional services provider of private equity funds-under-management. He has been a senior executive and entrepreneur at international companies such as Euromoney Institutional Investor and Fairfield Whitney, and was founder of Hall, Berwick and DiSalvo where he provided funding and management advisory services to zero and first stage entities prior to founding Sema4. He has extensive experience in private equity, entrepreneurial management, and emerging market strategy, particularly as to underserved markets and economic development. A frequent speaker at worldwide industry conferences, he is a charter member of the Inner City Economic Forum. Mr. DiSalvo was educated at the University of Massachusetts with degrees in Political Studies and Economics and has earned the professional designations CPC and CTA. He is a long-time lecturer at the Johnson School of Business at Cornell University and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University in their full-time MBA programs where he contributes case studies in private equity, emerging market economics and cross-border M&A.
Gregory J. Cannella
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Mr. Cannella serves as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Cannella is responsible for financial reporting, investor communications, financial modeling and due diligence and analysis of acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to this, Mr. Cannella was the Chief Financial Officer of Capital Point Partners, a private equity group that focused on mezzanine lending to small and middle market private companies, where he was responsible for financial reporting, investor communications, financial modeling and due diligence and analysis of acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to working at Capital Point Partners, Mr. Cannella was an Asset Manager at First Commonwealth Holdings Corp., a wealth management firm in Houston, Texas where he was responsible for managing various commercial and multi-family residential real estate investment funds as well as oversight of accounting functions and reporting for the funds. Mr. Cannella received a B.B.A. in Management from Stephen F. Austin State University and an M.B.A. with honors in Accounting and Finance from the University of Houston. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.
Florina Klingbaum
Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Klingbaum is a Managing Member of Altemis Capital Management LLC an investment management provider specializing in compliance and regulatory services. During her career, Ms. Klingbaum has held senior roles at both Citigroup Global Markets as well as Credit Suisse. She has extensive experience in alternative investments, structured products and overall fund operations including fund administration, accounting, regulatory, compliance and fund liquidation services. Ms. Klingbaum started her career at KPMG LLP where she was a Senior Auditor in the Financial Services division. She holds two Masters degrees, in Accounting and Business Administration respectively, from Pace University, a BA in Sociology from the University of Toronto, and is a CPA.