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Ed Stoltenberg has been a Managing Director for Phoenix Financial Services, LLC since 1999. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan in 1961 with a B.A., Ed completed a tour of active duty as an Officer in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to joining Phoenix, Ed was the Chief Financial Officer for various companies both publicly and privately owned. During this period Ed was, for ten years, the Chief Financial Officer of Naugles, Inc., a Mexican-American fast food chain headquartered in Southern California. During Ed's tenure at Naugles he was responsible for the company's successful Initial Public Offering. Ed left Naugles to become a Venture Capitalist, at which time Naugles had 200 units nationwide with annual sales approximating $100 million. Ed has also had extensive international experience having lived and worked in Geneva, Switzerland and London, England and functioning as the Chief Financial Officer of Gucci Timepieces. This company had the franchise to manufacture and distribute Gucci watches worldwide. Most recently, Ed worked with Pillowtex Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange Company with $1.2 billion in sales and the owners of the Fieldcrest and Cannon brands, in their reorganization and emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in May 2002. Ed was involved with this engagement for almost two years and was instrumental in developing and implementing the strategy that ultimately allowed Pillowtex to reorganize its financial affairs successfully. Ed trained as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen and Company and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. Ed is also a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of Rhode Island | 