John Manichia

John Manichia is a strategic business leader with over 15 years of experience accelerating growth and delivering value across franchising, manufacturing, retail, telecom, logistics, and financial services. His career highlights include leading the global expansion of Essense of Australia, resulting in a 75% revenue increase over four years, and launching a new franchise offering in the U.S., Germany, Austria, and Australia. John also founded Freestate Investments’ global macro hedge fund, growing assets under management from $1.5M to $20M by developing the legal, operational, and sales infrastructure from the ground up.

John’s expertise spans strategic financial leadership, capital allocation, CRM and data analytics implementation, and sales enablement. He has led global integrations of acquired companies, established corporate analytics functions that improved profitability, and designed compensation structures that aligned with growth objectives. His work at Sprint PCS included developing a multi-billion-dollar capital allocation model to guide nationwide network expansion. Known for building high-performing teams and delivering measurable results, John consistently transforms business vision into scalable, profitable operations.