Michael Paccione

Michael has been an auditor since 2014. He graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He started his career in the National Office of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and then moved to Alternative Investments Practice, focusing on hedge funds and private equity firms. He spent a year with PwC's Advisory Practice doing forensic accounting, where he focused on getting compensation to businesses affected by the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. From there, Michael began work at Lazard Asset Management where he oversaw the accounting functions of eight different investment funds. He moved to Phoenix and began working with IAS in 2019. He oversees and performs all financial and SOC audits, financial statement reviews, and compilations.

Michael likes sports, hiking, and traveling, and has two dogs, Drake, and Luna.