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     Arturo Zanatta was born circa 1932. He married Rosalie Catania, daughter of Paul J. Catania and Mary Carmela Borg, on 6 May 1973 at San Francisco, CA, USA.

     Sera Catania married (?) Axiaq.
     Her married name was Axiaq. Sera Catania was living in 2020 in Millbrae, CA, USA.

     (?) Axiaq married Sera Catania.

     Joseph Anthony Muscat CPA was born on 21 July 1968 in Redwood City, San Mateo Co., CA, USA. He married Kathleen Palmer.
     Joseph Anthony Muscat CPA was educated Junipero Serra High School. He graduated between 1986 and 1990 at University of Santa Clara; B.C., Accounting. He was educated in 1990 at University of Santa Clara Leavey School of Business. He was Children+ a son and a daughter. He was associated in 2013; Member of the Board of Regents of Junipero Serra High School.

Joseph Anthony Muscat CPA was mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle in 2017: Shooting for IPO success: High-growth companies a welcome challenge By Anna Schuessler Daily Journal staff May 1, 2017

For Joe Muscat, the managing partner of Ernst & Young’s Redwood Shores office, helping nascent companies manage what can be an explosion of growth when they go public is endlessly fascinating.For Joe Muscat, the managing partner of Ernst & Young’s Redwood Shores office, helping nascent companies manage what can be an explosion of growth when they go public is endlessly fascinating.
For Joe Muscat, the managing partner of Ernst & Young’s Redwood Shores office, helping nascent companies manage what can be an explosion of growth when they go public is endlessly fascinating.
“It’s an inflection point in the company,” he said. “They’re going to become very transparent. They’re going to expose their financial results to the world and to investors. But, more than that, their culture just fundamentally changes as well.” With 27 years of advising companies taking steps toward worldwide recognition, Muscat, 48, knows well the incredible opportunities — and challenges — that lie in front of them as they open windows into their operations and financials to the public. Formerly the leader of one of Ernst & Young’s growth markets teams, Muscat was promoted to oversee the over 140 staffed at the accounting firm’s Redwood Shores office in April. Known as one of the “big four” accounting firms, EY has years of experience advising companies on audit and tax practices, as well as advising on strategic moments in a company’s trajectory, such as an initial public offering. Muscat said he draws from his own experience and also pools from the wisdom of his colleagues, who he said are invested in the momentum leading up to a company’s initial public offering, to help companies prepare for the transformation awaiting them on the other side of an IPO. He said of the other firms advising companies as they go public, his office’s location in the heart of innovation marks their commitment to their clients’ interests. “I think that’s a strategic advantage,” he said.

He has immersed himself in what makes high-growth companies successful ever since he interned with the company in 1989. Since Muscat started working with early stage companies, he has worked within a wide range of industries, from networking and minicomputers to technology and life sciences companies. For Muscat, the quick turnaround among the companies Fortune 500 lists as the most successful companies every year is indicative of the rich ecosystem surrounding companies looking to break onto the scene. “What that speaks to is that there is continual innovation,” he said.

Though he has seen a proliferation of companies grow, receive funding and go public in recent years, it hasn’t always been that way. Muscat remembers a time when a small, close-knit circle of venture capital firms would make decisions into which most didn’t have visibility. “They would talk about it as being gut instinct,” he said. “It wasn’t as financially driven, there was not nearly the data.”
Muscat said venture capital firms have since become more sophisticated and have embraced diversity in the approaches and leadership they will support — and that it’s for the better.
“I think it’s that diversity that brings new ideas, solves problems in different ways,” he said. He said it’s not uncommon for companies to raise the capital necessary to start a business in Silicon Valley and set up their operations elsewhere. And while Muscat stands by the globalization of companies funded by Silicon Valley venture capital firms, he admitted it’s also one of the trends emerging companies should be well aware of as they think about how to differentiate themselves from others. “It’s truly global competition,” he said. “It’s really in how you execute, and that is how you find the right strategic capital and how you find the right people to both work for you as an executive and around you.” For many companies growing quickly, the speed at which they carry out solutions to the problems they are focused on solving has become an indicator of later success, said Muscat. He has seen these characteristics play out in his work with a variety of organizations on the global spectrum himself, having helped the New Zealand dairy industry go public and worked on Ernst & Young’s strategy in New York for a number of years.
But for the Redwood City resident, the Peninsula is not only central to the community of entrepreneurs he is committed to serving, it is also the place he calls home. Muscat was born and raised in Redwood City, where he had a paper route when he was 10. He attended Junipero Serra High was School in San Mateo and went on to study business at Santa Clara University. He said his father, who didn’t go to college, urged him to find a way to apply his studies. “I think he really looked at what I doing at Santa Clara and really wanted me to sort of find a profession,” he said. After interning with Ernst & Young, Muscat was drawn into working there after college to continue to learn from mentors he met at the firm. Just over 10 years later, he was named a partner at the firm, causing him to reflect on what he liked most about the firm’s role in helping other companies. “What I realized along the way is I got to see all these incredible companies, what works as an executive and as a leader, and what doesn’t work,” he said. “I’m able to hopefully emulate some of the good, try to avoid some of the bad.”

Muscat now enjoys staying connected with his high school as a board member of Junipero Serra High School, where his son attends, and supporting efforts to give students an opportunity to test their entrepreneurial instincts as co-chair of the nonprofit the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. He takes his son and daughter, who attends Notre Dame High School in Belmont, on trips to the coast when he is able to get away from the office. As Muscat looks ahead to the goals he hopes to achieve as managing partner of the Redwood Shores office, he seems to be applying the same advice he gives to early stage companies. After less than a month at the helm of the firm’s growth-focused office, he knows recruiting talent will be key to his office’s ability to help growing companies flourish.
“I’m heavily involved in building culture,” he said. “Through inclusivity you get solutions you wouldn’t expect. That’s transformative.”. Joseph Anthony Muscat CPA was notable for being Joseph A. Muscat, CPA (1968-): managing partner of Ernst & Young’s Redwood Shores office, in 2023.

     Tricia (?) married John Joseph Mifsud J.D., son of Joseph George Mifsud and Norma Helena Vescovi.
     Her married name was Mifsud. Tricia (?) was a member of the Maltese American Social Club in 2006.

     Lawrence John Mifsud died on 10 December 1962 at San Francisco, CA, USA. He was born on 10 December 1962 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

     Joseph C Tanti was born on 17 August 1953 in New York, NY, USA. He married Elisabeth L Ebersole. Joseph C Tanti died on 18 February 2022 at Millbrae, CA, USA, at age 68.
     He was living in 2020 in Millbrae, CA, USA.
Obituary: on 3 March 2023: Joseph Tanti, 69, of Millbrae, passed away on February 18th after a short, but valiant battle with cancer.

Joe was born on August 17th, 1953, to Paul and Rita Tanti in New York. Joe was a journeyman carpenter for many years before turning to a career in HVAC, from which he retired in 2018.

Joe has been reunited with his Parents and son, Raymond Tanti. He is survived by his siblings, John, Gemma and Paul, as well as his children, Paul, Benjamin, Ashley and Jacqueline Tanti. His legacy will live on in his grandchildren Ethan, Emily, Mateo and Romi. Joseph C Tanti was also known as Joseph George Tanti.

     Elisabeth L Ebersole was born on 16 September 1957 in San Mateo Co., CA, USA. She married Joseph C Tanti, son of Paul Tanti Sr and Rita Pace.
     Elisabeth L Ebersole was also known as Elisabeth Beierly. Her married name was Tanti. She was living in 2020 in San Bruno, CA, USA.

     Raymond Joseph Tanti was born on 9 December 1979 in San Mateo Co., CA, USA. He married Stephanie (?) Raymond Joseph Tanti died on 4 March 2018 at Burlingame, CA, USA, at age 38.
      Obituary: : Raymond Joseph (Ray) Tanti

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Raymond Joseph Tanti of San Bruno, California, who passed away peacefully March 4 2018 surrounded by his family. Raymond is survived by his daughter Emily, wife Stephanie, parents Beth and Ralph, father Joe, brothers Paul and Ben, sister Ashley and nephew Ethan.

Raymond was an amazing man who loved his family more than anything. Raymond was a free spirt and loved life. Weather it was his infectiouse laugh, loving smile, or just the look in his eyes, he always had a way of touching your heart. Raymond Joseph Tanti was also known as Ray Tanti.

     Stephanie (?) married Raymond Joseph Tanti, son of Joseph C Tanti and Elisabeth L Ebersole.
     Her married name was Tanti.

     Emily Tanti was born.

     Paul Raymond Tanti was born on 4 October 1976 in San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     He was living in 2020 in Campbell, CA, USA.

     Benjamin Jacob Tanti was born on 22 August 1983 in San Mateo Co., CA, USA.

     Ashley Elizabeth Tanti was born on 5 March 1987 in Burlingame, San Mateo Co., CA, USA.
     She was living in 2021 in San Bruno, CA, USA. She was a member of the Maltese American Social Club and was Co-chair of Entertainment Committee in 2022.

     Rita Pace was born on 18 January 1916 in Gozo, Malta. She married Paul Tanti Sr, son of Gaetano Tanti. Rita Pace died on 11 February 1993 at San Francisco, CA, USA, at age 77. She was buried on 13 February 1993 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA, USA.
     Her married name was Tanti. She emigrated from Malta on 5 December 1952 to New York, NY, USA. She was naturalized on 27 October 1967.
Obituary: on 12 February 1993: Tanti, Rita -- In this City, Feb.11, 1993, beloved wife of the late Paul Tanti, Sr., loving mother of John Tanti, Gemma Ludkey & Paul & Joseph Tanti; sister of Michelina Vella; adored by 14 granchildren and seven great granchildren; a member of the Visitation Senior Citizens Club; a native of Malta; aged 77 yars.

     John Tanti was born.
     John Tanti likely duplicate.

     Gemma Marie Tanti was born on 4 February 1939 in Victoria, Gozo, Malta. She married Grosvenor Schulyer on 10 July 1956 at New York, NY, USA. Gemma Marie Tanti married Grove S Colt. Gemma Marie Tanti and Grove S Colt were divorced in November 1968 at San Mateo Co., CA, USA. Gemma Marie Tanti married Manfred F Schreiber on 13 June 1976 at San Mateo Co., CA, USA. Gemma Marie Tanti and Manfred F Schreiber were divorced in September 1977 at San Mateo Co., CA, USA. Gemma Marie Tanti married Norbert D Ludkey on 20 June 1981 at San Francisco, CA, USA.
     As of 10 July 1956,her married name was Schulyer. Her married name was Colt. As of 13 June 1976,her married name was Schreiber. As of 1981,her married name was Ludkey. Gemma Marie Tanti was living in 1993. She was a member of the Maltese American Social Club in 1994.

     Norbert D Ludkey was born circa 1938. He married Gemma Marie Tanti, daughter of Paul Tanti Sr and Rita Pace, on 20 June 1981 at San Francisco, CA, USA.

     (?) Pace married (?) Bezzina.

     (?) Bezzina married (?) Pace.
     Her married name was (?) Pace.

     Joseph Carmelo Tanti was born on 10 April 1935 in Malta. He married Joanne A Tre. Joseph Carmelo Tanti died on 26 June 2007 at Antioch, CA, USA, at age 72. He was buried at Oak View Memorial Park, Antioch, CA, USA.
     He began military service PFC, US Army. He was naturalized on 5 July 1967. He and Patricia A Atayde were related to Here children are related to Joseph C Tanti. Joseph Carmelo Tanti and (?) Fsadni were related to Here children are related to Joseph C Tanti. She may be Joseph's wife Joanne.

     Anthony Paul Pace was born on 3 December 1961 in San Francisco, CA, USA.
     He was living in 2022 in Millbrae, CA, USA.

     Nancy Pace was born on 8 May 1967 in San Francisco, CA, USA. She married Edward Dean Raimer.
     Her married name was Raimer.

     Carmen Grima married Spridion Mifsud.
     Her married name was Mifsud.

     Spridion Mifsud married Carmen Grima.

     Hilary Louise Andrews M.A. was born on 24 August 1975. She married Angelo Gomez.
     Hilary Louise Andrews M.A. was educated at Pepperdine University Pepperdine University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
San Jose State University
Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance.
Her married name was Gomez. She was living in 2020 in Morgan Hill, CA, USA. She was a Cisco 23 yrs Security Sales Acceleration Leader.

     William Andrews was born on 14 August 1881 in Floriana, Malta. He married Elena Tabone. William Andrews died on 27 March 1943 at Malta at age 61.¹ Biography Family originally from Edinburgh, Scotland.
     He was Children+ also Manual, Charles. He began military service at Malta British Navy.

     Elena Tabone married William Andrews, son of John Andrews and Dolores Attard. Elena Tabone died on 28 August 1952 at Malta.
     Her married name was Andrews.

     John Andrews was born in 1860. He married Dolores Attard on 27 January 1878 at St. Julian's, Malta.¹

     Dolores Attard was born in 1860 in Floriana, Malta. She married John Andrews on 27 January 1878 at St. Julian's, Malta.¹
     Her married name was Andrews.