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Matt has almost ten years of experience as a turnaround specialist, financial advisor and management consultant. Matt is highly skilled in performing detailed financial and operational analytics for distressed businesses. He has proven leadership skills and has managed numerous highly successful projects. Matt has primarily represented underperforming companies, including those in Chapter 11, Chapter 7 or out-of-court restructurings. Matt has broad experience and has been instrumental in many aspects of bankruptcy proceedings. He has managed various bankruptcy-related processes including teams responsible for the filing of statements and schedules and monthly operating reports, customer and vendor communication programs, preference action recovery negotiations, and debtor-in-possession collateral recovery teams. He has also been instrumental in managing operations and cash flow during the turnaround process. Matt has experience representing non-debtor stakeholders involved in underperforming companies including secured lenders, debtor-in-possession lenders and private equity companies. Matt’s interim management appointments include Manager of Collateral Services of a vacation ownership company and Controller of a distressed asset hedge fund. Matt also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, focusing primarily on the sale of distressed businesses. Matt was responsible for the investment banking relationship and managing all interested party due diligence requirements of an $80 million European subsidiary of a timeshare company. He was instrumental in the §363 sales of a $75 million manufacturer in the food and beverage industry and a $100 million timeshare operator and land developer. Matt has also represented private equity buyers, focusing his efforts on buy-side due diligence matters. Prior to Mackinac Partners, Matt served as an independent consultant emphasizing corporate bankruptcy and turnaround management. Earlier, as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Matt’s work with Fortune 500 clients focused on supply chain enhancements and merger integration services. He earned his BA in accounting from Michigan State University and his MBA from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA).(CIRA). | 