Jay B. Wachowicz is a Managing Director in the Valuation & Financial Opinions Group. Mr. Wachowicz has extensive experience domestically and internationally in several financial advisory fields including valuation, litigation advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reorganizations and restructurings. He has provided valuation and consulting services for numerous purposes including bankruptcy proceedings, corporate strategic planning, intangible asset valuation, estate and gift taxation, purchase and sale advisement, purchase price allocation (SFAS 141), goodwill impairment testing (SFAS 142), stock options and warrants, fairness and solvency opinions, valuation discounts and other tax, corporate, and litigation related matters. Mr. Wachowicz has significant experience in a broad array of industries including asset management, automotive, business process outsourcing, computer equipment and hardware, construction, department store retailing, electric services, food processing and distribution, furniture retailing, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, passenger airlines, private equity, publishing, steel production, telecommunications, and transportation services. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Wachowicz was a Manager with Navigant Consulting and a Senior Associate with Standard and Poor s Corporate Value Consulting (formerly the valuation group of PricewaterhouseCoopers). In these roles, Mr. Wachowicz performed and supervised numerous valuation and litigation consulting engagements and financial reorganizations and restructurings. Mr. Wachowicz earned an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Consulting from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Finance from Michigan State University. Mr. Wachowicz has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Investment Analysts Society in Detroit and the CFA Institute.