Michael Mancini, PE, President

The Principal and Owner of SoDella Construction is Michael Mancini (Mike). Mike is the President and Founder of SoDella Construction. He is a Licensed Residential and Commercial General Contractor and registered Civil Engineer in the State of Arizona. 

Mike has been directly responsible for the design, development, contracting and construction of over 5000 multi-family and single-family homes across Arizona. Over his 25-year career, Mike has also been integral to the operations teams of two quality and value focused builders:

Meritage Homes: 2007-2017 & Homes by Towne: 1999-2007

As an Executive of Meritage Homes, Mike managed the construction and purchasing operations across the country, over 13 markets in 9 states, building 8,000 homes per year. Over 400 operational employees and $1.5 Billion in annual construction spend were under Mike’s direction. Meritage Homes constructed over 10,000 Energy Star homes under his direction and set the standard for energy-efficiency in production residential homebuilding. Mike also played an important role in all home design and product development to ensure cost effectiveness and high customer value. 

Multi-family construction in Arizona became Mike’s expertise while on the operations team at Homes by Towne.  With extreme focus on quality construction and efficiency in production management, he was responsible for all Planning, Entitlements, Contracting and Field Operations for over 1,000 multi-family units across Arizona. 

After earning a Bachelor of Science at Clarkson University in Civil Engineering/Environmental Engineering, Mike’s early career design and engineering work with Rick Engineering Company was the foundation for Mike’s technical and detail-oriented work, from 1996 to 1999. He worked on dozens of development projects, while building relationships with municipalities and design firms in Arizona. Mike is the President and Founder of SoDella Construction. He is a Licensed Residential and Commercial General Contractor and registered Civil Engineer in the State of Arizona. Mike has been directly responsible for the design, development, contracting and construction of over 1500 Multi-Family homes and 2500 Single-Family homes across Arizona.  SoDella Construction has completed over 140 for-rent horizontal apartment units in Arizona and is in the pre-construction stages of over 1000 for-rent units to be built.

Over his 20-year career, Mike has also been integral to the operations teams of two quality and value focused builders, Meritage Homes and Homes by Towne.   

In 2007 Mike joined Meritage Homes, Arizona. In 2010, he expanded his role to national level with Meritage Homes, covering 13 divisions in 7 states, tasked with the company-wide implementation of Meritage Homes’ Innovation, Home Performance and Sustainability Program. In 2011, Meritage set a new national standard in energy efficiency and integrated renewable design in offering cost effective Net Zero Homes throughout the US.    

From 2012-2017, Meritage constructed over 10,000 Energy Star homes under Mike’s direction. Mike played an important role in all home design product development in the West region to ensure cost effectiveness and high customer value. Responsible for the operations team, he focused on standards that created quality, consistency, accuracy and predictability to ultimately drive operational excellence in construction.   

Multi-Family construction became Mike’s expertise while on the operations team at Homes by Towne, from 1999 – 2007. With extreme focus on quality construction and efficiency in production management, he was responsible for all Planning, Entitlements, Contracting and Field Operations for over 1000 multi-family units across Phoenix, Scottsdale and Fountain Hills, Arizona.   

Early career design and engineering work with Rick Engineering Company was the foundation for Mike’s technical and detail oriented work, from 1996 to 1999. He worked on dozens of development projects, while building relationships with municipalities and design firms in Arizona.   

In 1996, Mike earned a Bachelors of Science at Clarkson University in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Environmental Engineering. He is a registered Civil Engineer in the State of Arizona.