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Bob is a broad-based financial executive with more than 30 years of senior financial management and public accounting experience. Half of those years were spent in consulting and management roles for financially troubled companies. Bob specializes in helping distressed companies. At BBK, he is responsible for senior-level turnaround and crisis management services. He has expertise in restructuring, bankruptcy, corporate finance, due diligence, interim management, litigation support, auditing and liquidations. He has served a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, banking, public accounting, and architectural/engineering. Bob has also given testimony and been involved in litigation proceedings. He conducted a forensic fraud investigation of a sub-prime auto insurer for the Insurance Commissioner of Illinois. Professional Experience Bob was Senior VP of Finance & Administration for a Chicago-based international architectural/engineering firm in the early 1990’s. As such, he was responsible for financial accounting, treasury, human resources, communications support and building management, and oversaw the growth of the Chicago subsidiary from 165 architects and engineers to over 320 in less than one year. Bob served as Senior VP and CFO of a $1.6 billion-asset financial institution in the late 1980’s. His basic responsibilities included financial reporting, corporate planning, treasury and finance activities for the institution and its nine subsidiaries. Bob’s responsibilities were expanded to include the formulation of strategic business plans and negotiation of significant asset sales and restructurings. While there he made many important contributions. He analyzed, reviewed and established significant valuation allowances for a $1 billion portfolio of commercial real estate loans, leases, and investments in joint ventures and real estate. Bob also negotiated and sold the $1.6 billion mortgage servicing portfolio and branch operations of a mortgage banking subsidiary. For a one-year interim period, he was appointed to the Office of the President by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. As Senior Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche, an international public accounting firm, Bob was responsible for planning, supervising and coordinating audit engagements serving merchandising, financial services and manufacturing clients with revenues ranging from $5 million to over $8 billion. One client was an $8 billion international financial services/merchandising/ manufacturer and another was a $2 billion international grain processor/food service enterprise. He also analyzed potential client acquisition candidates as to purchase price determination and purchase accounting and tax implications. | 