Expert Details
Commercial Banking and Mergers and Acquisitions
ID: 733018
California, USA
Expert has developed years of experience in Executive Management in leading banks and private equity firms, as well as numerous mergers and acquisitions. He over 30 years' experience in a variety of financial services, including lending, borrowing, management, finance, due diligence, and daily operations. He has handled over $5 billion in total transactions.
Expert has published a number of articles in finance. He offers expert services in investigative business consulting as well as litigation support.
He has expertise in the following:
He has expertise in the following: • BANKING • lending • credit and loan structure – lender liability - private equity - acquisitions, mergers and divestitures • leveraged buyouts (LBOs) - due diligence – underwriting – equity syndications • commercial real estate • hedging strategies - ETF and index trading - gold • foreign exchange and currencies • trusts • manufacturing and brand management – website design
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1978 | Degree: BS (with Honors) | Subject: Commerce (with advanced concentrations in Spanish) | Institution: Washington and Lee University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1995 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Founder and Managing Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert's firm offers business consulting, due diligence, management, and litigation support services including live testimony. The company's variety of clients hail from the commercial banking, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and corporate finance industries across the U.S. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2014 | Employer: Boneyard Entertainment China, LLC | Title: Senior Finance Consultant | Department: Consultant to the CEO |
Responsibilities:Expert provided senior financial consulting services to the Founder and CEO of this entertainment company. My responsibilities included rewriting the business plan as well as initiating personal meetings with heads of major studios, mini-majors, and production companies -- as well as their law firms. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2013 | Employer: Nook Sleep Systems, LLC | Title: CEO, CFO, Co-Founder and Business Planner | Department: Executive |
Responsibilities:Serving as CEO/CFO, Expert co-founded this highly rated infant mattress and consumer products plan, where he wrote the business plan. Products enjoy wholesale and retail distribution to major chains and high-end boutiques throughout the U.S., Canada, and a number of other countries. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2007 | Employer: SCI Real Estate Investments, LLC | Title: CEO, COO, Director and Co-founder | Department: Executive |
Responsibilities:This national-scope company attained a "Top 3" position in the $15 billion/year TIC segment of commercial real estate, and acquired over 50 commercial properties across the U.S. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2004 | Employer: Platinum Equity, LLC | Title: Executive VP of Finance and Administration | Department: Executive |
Responsibilities:Expert was a "Founding Father" and EVP of Finance of the largest privately held company in Los Angeles. The company is now a global leader in mergers and acquisitions, pioneering a unique operations profile in nearly every portfolio company. Among many duties I created and supervised the Corporate Finance Department and was responsible for debt and equity financing of approximately 40 acquisitions across the US and Europe. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1997 | Employer: Western Bank | Title: Senior VP and Regional Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert designed, built, staffed and managed a full-service bank office, later also building and managing a separate Corporate Banking and Lending office. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1989 | Employer: Bank of San Antonio / Medical Center | Title: Co-Founder, President, COO, and Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Designed, built, staffed, and managed a new bank and two full service branches as the youngest bank president in Texas while serving high-net-worth individuals and businesses. The bank set every known record for size, growth, and profitability, and also earned the bank examiners' highest 'Class 1' ratings. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1986 | Employer: Various | Title: Commercial Banking - Trainee through Sr VP positions | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert held several banking leadership positions during this decade in North Carolina and Texas. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2001 to 2004 | Country / Region: France and England | Summary: Fully trained in Intl bank operations at Wells Fargo (Wachovia). Later I lived in Paris and London for three years while working as EVP-Finance on two large M&A acquisitions for LA-based Platinum Equity, LLC. |
| Years: to Present | Country / Region: | Summary: |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| ~40 overall cases, including 11 depositions and 3 trials. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Published author, about 18 articles, plus a book. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Advanced |
Fields of Expertise
commodities, Web design, trust law, strategic management, corporate strategic planning, real estate finance, real estate syndication, real estate, commercial real estate, writing, private equity, sales, marketing, manufacturing, leveraged buyout, international banking, gold, foreign currency exchange, employment, underwriting, loan underwriting, credit, due diligence, business strategy, business startup, business development, business plan, loan, business divestiture, mergers and acquisitions financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions, finance, investment banking, investment, management, bank procedure, banking