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Jim Whitney leads Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy’s (CMD) business development and marketing functions. His fifteen years of experience in corporate restructuring, from strategy development and hands-on execution through principal capital deployment in distressed situations, provides him with unparalleled institutional knowledge of the industry. Coupled with his vast professional network and proven ability to navigate complex business relationships, Mr. Whitney excels at developing strategies to secure engagements across the firm’s broad spectrum of services. Prior to joining CM&D, Mr. Whitney was Director of Acquisitions at Denver-based Summit Investment Management, a hedge fund-backed investment company. In addition to opening the firm’s first satellite office, his primary responsibilities included sourcing investment opportunities, performing financial and operational due diligence and structuring transactions. Mr. Whitney also spent twelve years at AlixPartners, an international turnaround consulting firm where he established a dedicated business development function, and helped lead a number of the firm’s most successful engagements, including Phar-Mor, National Car Rental and Ryder System. Mr. Whitney earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College. He is also a member of various industry-specific trade associations. | 