Meet Our Corporate Restructuring Professionals |
Meet the team of Deloitte's Corporate Restructuring Group who provide restructuring, turnaround management, bankruptcy reorganization and financial advisory services for creditors, debtors and their advisors.
T. Scott Avila
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 310 753 1324
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With more than 20 years of management and consulting experience, Scott Avila is a seasoned restructuring professional. Mr. Avila helps operationally and financially distressed organizations through out-of-court restructurings and Chapter 11 reorganizations. Mr. Avila has been instrumental in a number of prominent restructurings, assuming various senior executive and advisory roles on an interim basis. Mr. Avila received his bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University at Hayward and a master of business administration from the University of Southern California. He is actively involved in numerous professional organizations and frequently speaks and writes on topics related to turnaround management and corporate renewal.
Gene R. Baldwin
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 316 371 2908
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Gene Baldwin has more than 25 years of interim management and advisory experience. He is a corporate leader with a well-established reputation for his ability to assess, develop and implement operational and financial improvement initiatives that enhance enterprise value for stakeholders. He has successfully served as chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief operating officer (COO) and president and acted as an advisor for numerous companies in many industries. Mr. Baldwin has served in various senior executive roles, managing companies through complex operational and financial restructurings as well as advising a multitude of companies though complex out-of-court and Chapter 11 restructurings. His leadership and expertise have enabled companies to develop and implement effective restructuring plans, improving efficiencies, reduce costs, and significantly improving operating results. Mr. Baldwin holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Pittsburg State University.
Kevin Barrentine
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 404 631 3298
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With more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing operational improvement plans, Kevin Barrentine has enhanced business performance for numerous companies through revenue growth, increased operating profit and improved working capital productivity. His strong financial and operational skills enable him to quickly identify and address complex business problems in a variety of industries. Mr. Barrentine has provided operational and financial services in both out-of-court and Chapter 11 restructurings. He has advised and collaborated with management on a number of occasions, served as an interim manager in several industries, and served as financial advisor to several large senior creditors. Mr. Barrentine has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas.
Kirk A. Blair, CPA
Partner, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 212 436 5119
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Kirk Blair has assisted numerous debtors, unsecured creditors’ committees, bank lenders and other parties in interest in both formal bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Blair has provided a full range of consulting services to clients in a wide variety of industries. His experience includes preparation/evaluation of financial projections and operating results, collateral valuations, liquidation analyses, and the formulation/review of business and reorganization plans. Mr. Blair holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Syracuse University.
Craig M. Boucher
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 202 370 2219
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For more than 20 years, Craig Boucher has brought value to companies in a variety of complex situations, including rapid growth scenarios, out-of-court restructurings, and Chapter 11 proceedings. Mr. Boucher is an accomplished financial advisor and interim manager with expertise in corporate restructuring and crisis management. Mr. Boucher is particularly experienced in the retail and consumer products industries as well as numerous other industries. In one of his more noteworthy accomplishments, Mr. Boucher served as interim chief financial officer (CFO) for a $200 million privately held intimate apparel retailer. Mr. Boucher guided the company through its Chapter 11 filing, operational and financial restructuring and ultimate filing and confirmation of a plan of reorganization. Mr. Boucher holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from New Hampshire College. Additionally, he is a certified CPA in the state of Maryland.
Rob Carringer
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 7865
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A specialist in Lean Enterprise practices, Rob Carringer has consulted with more than 200 companies throughout North America and Europe over the last 20 years. He has helped numerous companies in crisis situations to deal with liquidity and default situations. He has also guided executives not in crisis to improve operations, grow revenue, drive EBITDA, and enhance working capital productivity in various industries. Mr. Carringer holds his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.
Roberto Cortez
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 1145
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Roberto Cortez has 12 years of experience providing assistance to creditors and other parties in bankruptcies, restructurings, turnarounds, liquidations, and related matters and three years of experience in public accounting in a financial services practice. In the bankruptcy and restructuring arenas, Mr. Cortez’s services have included analysis of debtors' financial condition and viability; evaluation of debtor-in possession financing and cash collateral issues; critique of and assistance in developing plans of reorganization and disclosure statements; development and review of business plans; preparation of liquidation valuations; analyses of potential preference actions; analyses of bankruptcy claims; and other assistance in achieving successful in-court and out-of-court reorganizations or liquidations.
His turnaround experience includes analysis of troubled and underperforming companies; preparation and evaluation of business and restructuring plans; development and assessment of cash management and reporting systems; assistance with formulation of projections; analysis of debt capacity; and a variety of related assistance. Mr. Cortez holds a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Texas at Austin.
J. Cooper Crouse
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 404 631 3310
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With more than 20 years of experience in management, operations and sales and marketing, Cooper Crouse provides strong, flexible leadership in a wide range of industries. Mr. Crouse’s broad skills include operational leadership, financial analysis, operational assessment, performance improvement, profitability improvement, balance sheet restructuring, and business development. Mr. Crouse led the debtor restructuring team that navigated a $200 million maker of military ballistics through a complex Chapter 11 and eventual 363 sale process. This team effort was recognized by M&A Capital as the transaction of the year in 2011.
Mr. Crouse also worked as a key member of the management and professional advisory team that developed and executed the successful restructuring of a $400 million retailer of fabrics and home decor products during a Chapter 11 proceeding. As the first retailer to successfully emerge from bankruptcy under the new law, Mr. Crouse provided the strategic operational and financial leadership that generated sufficient liquidity to enable all creditors to receive a full recovery on their claims plus interest. Mr. Crouse earned his bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering with merit from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master of business administration degree from Indiana University.
Eric A.W. Danner
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 617 875 6403
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Eric Danner has more than 15 years of experience in providing financial consulting and economic analysis to publicly and privately held companies. He has helped clients in a number of different industries. Mr. Danner has worked in crisis management situations creating and implementing turnaround business plans and has acted in chief restructuring officer (CRO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief operating officer (COO) roles in both out-of-court and bankruptcy contexts. He is also experienced in providing a variety of fiduciary services, including wind-down leadership, litigation management, and creditor claims resolution. Mr. Danner holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vassar College and a master of business administration degree in accounting/finance from Boston University.
Dallas M. (Mike) Darland
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 774 766 1631
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Mike Darland has more than 25 years of experience in advisory support for business turnarounds and executive leadership of operational, marketing and sales, R&D and business development functions. His background includes full enterprise leadership (CEO, CRO, COO) with significant work in the broad spectrum of fully integrated supply chain operations (sourcing, logistics, manufacturing, planning, marketing, and customer service). Mike is an articulate, highly experienced results-oriented leader with a proven track record, innovative management, and demonstrated successful problem-solving.
He has had major leadership assignments in operations, global procurement, supply chain operations (including vertically integrated operations and full P&L responsibility), major manufacturing operations, major program/product leadership, and product development scale-up and go-to-market implementation. He has demonstrated experience and leadership within crisis and bankruptcy proceedings and for business process improvement activities. Mr. Darland holds a bachelor’s degree, with highest distinction, in mathematics and nuclear engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master of business administration degree, with highest distinction, from the University of Massachusetts.
Russell T. Davis
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 571 814 7220
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Russell T. Davis provides financial advice and program services to federal government clients, with a particular concentration in business valuation, asset management, federal credit programs, banking and regulation, forensic financial investigations and reviews, and dispute resolution. In addition, Mr. Davis has extensive experience in executive management, government administration, and policy advising. Mr. Davis’s experience includes work in public finance, mortgage brokerage, loan sales, privatization programs, establishing regulatory and accounting infrastructure, managing operations of an insurance portfolio, structuring and managing tax-exempt bond issues, and leading marketing efforts and administration initiatives. Mr. Davis earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.
John M. Doyle
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 312 330 2379
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Mr. Doyle brings more than 25 years of senior financial and operational leadership and interim management experience including direct management of numerous corporate functions, including treasury, finance, risk management, sales support operations, strategic planning, acquisition and divestiture analysis, investor relations, and financial restructuring and reorganizations, including corporate turnaround situations in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings, and a focus on developing solutions for underperforming companies. He has significant experience in multiple retail formats, including discount, mass merchandise,department, specialty, grocery and book/sundry.
His experience includes roles as senior executive in several large-cap retailers developing strategic alternatives, restructuring initiatives and business plans to improve operations, profitability, and liquidity. Mr. Doyle’s bankruptcy experience includes restructuring and bankruptcy advisory services for diverse parties-in-interest, including unsecured creditor committees, secured creditors and debtors, and he has advised companies across various industries including retail, grocery, consumer products, and manufacturing. Mr. Doyle holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Michigan University.
Michael J. Epstein
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 617 437 2304
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Michael J. Epstein spends his time primarily in the firm's New York office. His practice is centered on crisis management, financial advisory services and bankruptcy consulting activities in both middle market and large transactions. Mr. Epstein’s experience spans a wide variety of industries, including business services, construction, consumer products, distribution, e-commerce, financial services, food service, high technology, marketing and retail. Mr. Epstein works with management teams, creditors, creditors' committees and boards of directors in all aspects of distressed businesses, operational re-engineering and financial restructuring. Mr. Epstein holds a bachelor's degree from Tufts University and a master of business administration degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bill Fasel
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 312 486 1724
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Bill Fasel has more than 20 years of experience advising multinational and middle-market clients worldwide on corporate restructuring, business development and investment banking matters. His background includes management of complex corporate turnaround situations in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings, and corporate finance experience, focusing on facilitating merger and acquisition transactions for both healthy and underperforming companies in a wide range of industries with a particular focus in the general manufacturing, consumer products, branded food, and retail sectors. Mr. Fasel holds a bachelor of business administration degree in finance from the University of Michigan and a master of business administration degree in finance from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Narendra Ganti
Partner, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 202 378 5054
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Narendra Ganti has been an advisor to large corporations, law firms, financial institutions, and governmental agencies. He has 20 years of diverse experience in both private industry and consulting. Mr. Ganti’s client experience ranges from large multinational corporations to small privately held businesses. His industry experience includes manufacturing (consumer goods, packaging products, and vending machines), healthcare, retailing, telecommunications, engineering and construction, leasing and transportation. In addition, Mr. Ganti has more than six years of experience in internal auditing in a wide range of industries, including professional services, aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and manufacturing. Mr. Ganti’s responsibilities included identifying control deficiencies, strengthening operational efficiencies, managing engagement teams, preparing reports for senior management, coordinating work with external auditors, and performing follow-up reviews. Mr. Ganti earned both a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master of business administration degree from the University of Maryland.
Stephen Gray
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 617 437 2399
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Stephen Gray has more than 30 years of experience developing and implementing restructuring and crisis management plans for public and private companies, general creditors, secured parties, acquirers of non-performing companies and judicial bodies. Mr. Gray has led the successful operational and / or financial restructuring of hundreds of companies. He has worked as a turnaround consultant and crisis manager for a wide variety of companies. Mr. Gray holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from George Washington University and was a master’s level teaching fellow in mechanical engineering at Tufts University.
Timothy Hurley, CIRA
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 617 437 2656
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Timothy Hurley’s experience includes more than 18 years of financial and operational consulting. Mr. Hurley has worked for Deloitte for the past 15 years as a business advisor from both an audit and management consulting perspective. His primary focus is on bankruptcy and restructuring advisory services for diverse parties-in-interest, including unsecured creditor committees, secured creditors and debtors. Part of Mr. Hurley’s experience in restructuring and reorganization covers 363 sales of businesses, financial investigations, going concern evaluations, financial reviews, due diligence and companywide diagnostics. Mr. Hurley holds a bachelor’s degree from Providence College and a master of business administration degree from Fordham University.
Richard S. Infantino
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 610 745 0081
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Richard Infantino has more than 25 years of experience in a variety of senior management and consulting positions, leading and advising companies in transition. He has assisted legal counsel, receiverships, Chapter 11 trustees, lending institutions, company management, creditor committees, and other stakeholders on a variety of financial, strategic, and operational issues. In addition, his prior hands-on operating experience, combined with his financial background, gives him a unique perspective to assist clients in a variety of industries, including financial services, distribution, converting, and manufacturing, as well as consumer products, construction and real estate development. Mr. Infantino holds a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and in 2000 attended the Wharton School for Supply Chain Management: Creating Competitive Advantage.
Anthony J. Jackson, CIRA
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 7128
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For the past 12 years, Anthony Jackson has led and been an integral member of teams that have advised debtors, unsecured creditors, and lenders in turnaround, restructuring and reorganization situations. Examples of corporate restructuring activities that he has performed include integrated financial modeling, cash management, 13 week cash flow analyses, store closing analyses, capacity to pay, distressed company operations assessments, break-even analyses, liquidation analyses, contingency planning, preparation of statements of financial affairs and schedules of assets and liabilities, and other bankruptcy administrative services.
Mr. Jackson has provided financial advisory services to parties in numerous industries, particularly manufacturing, retail, oil and gas, fuel distribution, vehicle parts distribution, hospitality, and various specialty retail and financial institutions. Mr. Jackson also has significant experience in business insurance, litigation support, fraud and forensic matters, and information technology services. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management from Texas A&M University.
Sheon Karol
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 212 436 2962
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Sheon Karol has a unique combination of turnaround, executive, and legal experience spanning more than 20 years, with an emphasis on out-of-court restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Karol is an innovative, collaborative leader with expertise in a wide variety of industries. A seasoned executive and trusted advisor, Mr. Karol has served in a variety of management and interim management positions, such as chief restructuring officer (CRO) and senior vice president. Mr. Karol holds a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva College and his juris doctorate from Yale Law School.
Charles F. Kuoni
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 312 560 0098
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Chuck Kuoni specializes in maximizing value for distressed, high profile companies through operational and financial improvement initiatives. With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Kuoni provides strong leadership to companies in complex situations. He has led more than 50 corporate restructurings, and he has served in chief executive officer (CEO)/president, chief restructuring officer (CRO) and chief financial officer (CFO) roles, as well as a consultant to management. Mr. Kuoni has worked in a variety of turnaround and crisis management environments, providing credible advice and counsel to companies and constituents. He assists clients to identify significant operational improvement initiatives and restructure their balance sheets to achieve sustainable profitability and support long-term growth. Mr. Kuoni holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas Christian University and a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
John Little, CFA, CIRA, CDBV
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 7383
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Mr. Little is a Deloitte FAS principal in the Dallas office. He has over 25 years of management and leadership experience and specializes in financial restructuring services both out of and in Chapter 11. He has led such assignments for troubled companies, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, and equity investors. These engagements involved services including working capital management, debt capacity, business plan analysis and development, performance improvement, plan feasibility, vendor and business partner diligence, pension funding, financing, plans of reorganization, leasehold and real estate related matters, cash flow modeling, break-even analysis, store closure analysis, accounting issues, as well as many other troubled company issues. He has also valued companies in bankruptcy and co-authored an article on this topic. Other valuation engagements Mr. Little has performed are for mergers and acquisitions, purchase price allocation, financing, gift and estate tax planning, litigation support, and other special projects. In addition to restructuring services, he also provides settlement services, including capacity to pay analysis, and has coauthored articles on this topic, as well.
His broad industry experience includes oil and gas, airlines, financial institutions, insurance agencies, transportation, professional services, deathcare, wholesale supply, supermarkets, fuel distribution, vehicle parts distribution, and specialty retail and manufacturing industries. Mr. Little has also testified in Federal Bankruptcy Court and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, the Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) designation, is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), and holds a Certificate in Distressed Business Valuation (CDBV) from the AIRA. Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche LLP, Mr. Little served as an active duty officer in U.S. Army Engineer and Special Forces (Green Beret) units and retired from the Army Reserves as a Major. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematical economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Jonathan J. Nash
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 704 906 9033
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Leading companies as an interim executive, Jon Nash has planned and managed reorganization and turnaround strategies, negotiated placements of debt and equity and successfully guided companies through bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring. His experience includes work in a broad range of industries. Mr. Nash has extensive international experience and, having lived in China, has managed companies in the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, China, and Europe. With more than 15 years of senior management experience in a broad mix of companies, he has extensive experience providing strategic leadership in crisis situations, solving short-term cash related issues and implementing financial planning, budgeting, and expense control. Mr. Nash received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Tom S. O’Donoghue
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 312 486 0226
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With more than 25 years as a turnaround manager, financial advisor, investor and corporate executive, Tom O’Donoghue provides a unique perspective on and a deep understanding of businesses and the challenges they face. His restructuring leadership has allowed him to affect meaningful change for organizations in a wide range of industries. Mr. O’Donoghue maximizes value through the development and implementation of effective turnaround business plans. He is a strong leader who collaborates effectively with management teams to produce the best outcome for each unique situation. His approach is to assess the financial challenges of a business and mitigate them by utilizing their existing employee resources. Mr. O’Donoghue earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame.
Matthew D. Pascucci
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 617 437 3434
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Matthew Pascucci has more than 15 years of management and consulting experience and has worked with a broad range of companies covering all aspects of turnaround, crisis management, and financial advisory situations. Mr. Pascucci’s restructuring experience focuses primarily on advising companies on Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, business plan assessments, solvency analyses, estate management and acquisition due diligence. Mr. Pascucci has a wide range of industry experience. Mr. Pascucci holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
Todd M. Patnode
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 7801
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Todd Patnode provides professional services related to valuation, mergers and acquisitions, transaction advisory, crisis management, and corporate recovery to parties in a broad variety of industry sectors, with a significant emphasis on the U.S. healthcare industry. Mr. Patnode has completed numerous engagements for the purpose of acquisition and divestiture pricing, financial feasibility, litigation, bankruptcy reorganization, loan workouts and operational turnarounds. In this capacity, Mr. Patnode has consulted with private and public companies, not-for-profit institutions, providers, secured creditors, unsecured creditor committees, bond insurance companies, governmental entities, trustees, examiners and other parties in interest. Mr. Patnode’s other industry experience includes, but is not limited to financial services, retail, energy, and refining. Mr. Patnode holds a bachelor’s degree from the W.P. Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University.
Scott Pinsonnault
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 1037
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Scott Pinsonnault has 17 years of experience working on corporate bankruptcies and restructurings in oil, gas, energy and related industries. He has been the Chief Restructuring Officer of two oil and gas companies and an adviser to a third. He has worked with companies, equity sponsors, secured lenders, unsecured creditor committees, boards of directors/special committees, creditor trusts, sureties/bond insurance companies, bond holders and regulatory agencies. Mr. Pinsonnault has a strong technical background that includes five years of hands-on geologic, operational and engineering experience with a major integrated oil and gas company. Additionally, he has represented various banks as a financial advisor for their interests in exploration and production and oil field service companies, and is a named inventor for an online oil and gas reserve-based financial management system. Mr. Pinsonnault holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from St. Lawrence University, a master’s degree in geology and geophysics from Texas A&M University, and a MBA from Tulane University.
Daniel S. Polsky
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 212 436 5668
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Daniel Polsky has led engagements advising debtors, unsecured creditors’ committees, bank lenders, financial buyers, private equity investors and other parties-in-interest in both formal bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. In addition, Mr. Polsky has served in crisis/turnaround situations. He has provided a full range of consulting services to clients in a wide variety of industries including retail, telecommunications, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, distribution and others. Mr. Polsky has devised case strategies, developed plans of reorganization and capital structures, designed operational and strategic plans and has created and implemented cost reduction strategies for numerous clients. He has conducted fraudulent conveyance and preference investigations and performed solvency and liquidation analyses.
Mr. Polsky has advised both investors considering potential business/asset acquisitions as well as distressed businesses on disposition alternatives. Mr. Polsky has also prepared expert reports and has provided expert testimony on various bankruptcy, litigation and restructuring matters. Mr. Polsky holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of business administration degree from New York University, Graduate School of Business Administration.
Lisa M. Poulin
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 202 370 2222
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Lisa Poulin is a senior executive with more than 27 years of turnaround management and advisory experience, bringing direction and structure to companies in transition. Ms. Poulin’s experience covers a variety of industries and she has been instrumental in a number of prominent and complex restructurings with varied responsibilities. Ms. Poulin has served as an advisor to numerous companies both in- and out-of-court and has testified on a wide range of issues. She is a frequent speaker and author on insolvency and turnaround management. Ms. Poulin is a Certified Turnaround Professional and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Ms. Poulin holds a bachelor’s degree from Bucknell University and a master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Paul Ravaris
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 1623
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Paul Ravaris brings a broad range of skills to Deloitte CRG clients. He has in-depth experience in financial/management consulting, project management and the oversight of complex restructurings including Chapter 11. His experience assisting companies in turnaround, restructuring and expansion initiatives spans more than 20 years across major industry sectors. Mr. Ravaris assists companies with financial and operational consulting services, including formulation and implementation of turnaround strategies, financial modeling, valuation, and working capital analyses. Mr. Ravaris holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Texas Christian University. He also pursued graduate study at Virginia Polytechnic University. Mr. Ravaris holds a U.S. Patent for an innovative putter design.
Louis Robichaux
Principal, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 840 7769
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Louis E. Robichaux IV is a principal in the Corporate Restructuring Group at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, where he serves as the co-leader of the Health Care Reform Troubled Company Turnaround and Monitoring Solution. Louis provides restructuring, crisis management, financial advisory and expert witness services to parties in a broad variety of distressed corporate settings, with a significant emphasis on the U.S. health care industry. Current and former clients include providers, payors, secured creditors, unsecured creditor committees, governmental entities, trustees and other parties in interest.
Health care sector experience includes hospitals, HMO / managed care organizations, outpatient rehabilitation, independent physician practice associations (IPAs), physician practice management companies (PPMs), dental/ orthodontic practice management companies (DPMs), ambulatory care clinics, skilled nursing care, continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), home health care / home DME and institutional pharmacies. Read Louis Robichaux's full bio.
Anthony V. Sasso
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 212 436 4558
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Mr. Sasso focuses on providing assistance to debtors and creditors in various aspects of Chapter 11 filings. In particular, he serves as a national resource for technical advice on bankruptcy accounting issues to the audit practice and the restructuring practice, with a particular focus on fresh-start accounting and other aspects of SOP 90-7. He has led teams in implementing fresh-start accounting at some of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history. His experience also includes management of post-acquisition transition services and out-of-court financial and operational analysis of troubled companies. In addition to troubled company consulting and assistance, Mr. Sasso has many years of experience in public accounting. This experience includes extensive accounting and auditing experience for large and medium-size public and private companies in various industries.
He also possesses extensive experience in merger and acquisition services including operational and financial due diligence and consulting on acquisition and financing agreements. Industries served include manufacturing, aircraft maintenance, industrial waste, publishing, retail, distribution, construction and real estate. Mr. Sasso graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Sheila Smith
Principal and National Co-leader, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 617 437 3854
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Sheila Smith has more than 20 years of industry experience in manufacturing, retail, distribution and high technology. She has worked on behalf of several private equity firms and publicly traded clients to help them in their efforts to assess portfolio companies with respect to risk and formulating exit strategies that maximize recovery.
She also has extensive experience working in the consumer products industry to deliver cost containment and performance improvement services to help companies in their efforts to return to profitability. In addition, Ms. Smith previously lead Financial Advisory Services in New England, overseeing corporate finance, forensic and dispute, valuation, economic consulting and business intelligence services. Ms. Smith holds a bachelor of science degree and a master of science in education degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master of business administration degree from Boston University. Read Sheila Smith’s full bio.
William K. Snyder
Principal and National Co-leader, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 214 415 7167
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With executive and entrepreneurial experience spanning more than 30 years, Mr. Snyder is a broadly experienced interim executive and advisor who has participated in the restructuring of more than 70 companies and brings a results-driven leadership to complex and crisis situations. Mr. Snyder has been in the restructuring business since 1989. He has worked for several prominent national firms running major assignments prior to founding his own firm in 2001. Most recently, Mr. Snyder was a managing partner at CRG Partners LLC, which was a leading provider of operational and financial restructuring services, specializing in creating value for the stakeholders of underperforming companies.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Snyder was president of the Snyder Company where he managed family investments that included operating companies, limited partnerships and securities. Mr. Snyder has restructured, managed, and guided a multitude of companies in a wide variety of industries. Mr. Snyder holds a bachelor's degree, cum laude, in computer science from Texas A&M University. Read William Snyder's full bio.
John P. Sordillo, CPA, JD
Partner, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 212 436 6634
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Prior to joining Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Mr. Sordillo was a senior associate at a boutique consulting firm specializing in managing operational, financial, analytical and legal challenges. He was also a director of an investment bank where he was responsible for risk management of a $1 billion private equity fund focused on investments in the media and communication sectors. In addition, he also sourced both non-distressed and distressed media and communication investment opportunities and provided due diligence and deal structure support on prospective investment opportunities.
Mr. Sordillo’s experience includes facilitating the operational turnaround of distressed companies; negotiating plans of reorganization, business valuation, and inter-creditor issues with stakeholders; developing strategic alternatives for companies undergoing significant change; and performing due diligence in connection with plans of reorganization and the sale and purchase of assets while working at another “Big Four” firm. Mr. Sordillo holds a bachelor of business adminsitration in public accoutning from Pace University and a juris doctorate from Brooklyn Law School.
Michael C. Sullivan
Director, Deloitte CRG
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
+1 212 436 4265
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Michael Sullivan has a broad range of experience in accounting, reorganization of companies, litigation consulting and forensics, including significant experience in corporate turnaround, loan workout, and bankruptcy situations. He has worked on behalf of debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, and trustees. Mr. Sullivan has assisted numerous organizations in their various financial reporting requirements while in chapter 11, including their implementation of Fresh-Start reporting. He has in-depth knowledge of financial modeling, collateral review, long-range planning and forecasting and has assisted clients in the preparation and evaluation of cash flow projections, evaluation of business plans and plans of reorganization.
In addition to his restructuring experience, Mr. Sullivan has extensive experience in performing forensic accounting studies, fraud investigations, post-acquisition purchase price disputes and in analyzing damage claims on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in matters before both Federal and state courts and arbitration panels. Mr. Sullivan holds bachelor’s degree in accountancy from Villanova University.
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