Prior to co-founding Cirrus, Mr. Tufariello served as the Managing Partner of The Versant Group. Mr. Tufariello previously served as Global Head of Real Estate at Fortress Investment Group LLC.  Prior to joining Fortress in 2008, Mr. Tufariello spent 21 years with Morgan Stanley where he was most recently the Global Head of the Securitized Products Group. Prior to being named Global Head of the Securitized Products Group in 2004, Mr. Tufariello headed the Securitized Products Group in North America from 2001 to 2004.  Prior to 2001, Mr. Tufariello co-headed the Real Estate Debt Capital Markets Group and was the sole head of ABS, CMBS and non-agency mortgage trading. 

Mr. Tufariello received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Villanova University