
Michael (“Mike”) Elia’s career spans 35 years across a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, service, aftermarket parts and consumables, and software development. He has held leadership roles in both public and private equity backed companies serving a variety of end markets such as fashion and apparel, electronics and telecommunications, industrial, power generation, aerospace and defense, automotive, specialty publishing, consumer goods, and public accounting. Mr. Elia is the former President and CEO of Gerber Technology and the former SVP and CFO of FastenTech, Inc. Mike has completed 29 M&A transactions totaling $2.4 billion and helped arrange $1.5 billion in bank loans, public debentures, and preferred stock.
