Mr. Manansala first volunteered for Anime Expo 2009 in the Access Control department and was later elected to the SPJA Board of Directors in 2012 where he served as Vice-Chair from 2015 - 2016. Mr. Manansala became the CEO of the SPJA from 2016 to 2017, then rejoined the Board in 2019. Mr. Manansala's professional background is in banking; he has worked for the past seven years as a Vice President and Principal Business Relationship Manager at Wells Fargo. Before joining Wells Fargo, he worked at U.S. Bank, also in Vice President roles.