Managing Director
Mr. Abdo is responsible for leading the execution and negotiation of certain Gores acquisitions and divestitures in Europe. While at Gores, Mr. Abdo also previously served as CEO of Real Software, a GCP I portfolio company where he led a successful restructuring and turnaround of the business culminating in the acquisition of its largest local competitor, and as a senior member of Gores’ operations team. Mr. Abdo also previously served as President and CEO of Select Business Solutions (formerly, Aonix) and Jamis Software (Pre-GCP I portfolio companies). Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Abdo worked for Per-Se Technologies. Mr. Abdo began his career in 1986 with VERSYSS, where he held various sales and management positions. Mr. Abdo serves on the Board of Directors of Avure Technologies and is Chairman of RealDolmen. Mr. Abdo has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado.
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Vice President & Counsel
Mr. Awad is involved in many of Gores’ legal functions, including the negotiation and execution of acquisitions, divestitures, debt financings, and general corporate matters. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Awad earned a B.S. in Biological Science from the University of California, Irvine, and a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
Senior Advisor
Mr. Bailey, former President of Gores Operations, was previously a senior member of Gores' due diligence and restructuring team. Mr. Bailey joined Gores in 1997 and has over 20 years of experience in all facets of the software and hardware industries. Previously, Mr. Bailey served as Senior Vice President of Physician Computer Network, Inc. In addition, Mr. Bailey was Chief Operating Officer of the Flagship Group, Inc., and President and CEO of the Calyx Corporation. In 1979, Mr. Bailey began his career in sales at IBM after earning his B.A., B.S. and A.A.S. from the University of Wyoming.
Associate, Business Development
Mr. Bender is responsible for identifying, originating and qualifying new investment opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Bender gained over 10 years of business development experience within the computer software and hardware industries. Mr. Bender earned a B.A. from the University of California, Irvine.
Vice President
Mr. Chirikos is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Chirikos was an Analyst at Jefferies & Company, where he focused primarily on leveraged finance transactions in the gaming, consumer products and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Chirikos serves on the Board of Directors of Diagnostic Health. Mr. Chirikos earned a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, with a dual concentration in Finance and Decision Processes from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Associate
Mr. Chouraqui is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities in Europe. Mr. Chouraqui has also served in the Business Development team at Gores. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Chouraqui worked for L’Oréal Professionnel developing business plans and opportunities in Eastern Europe. He also worked with Maybelline in Mexico and in the M&A department of LCF Rothschild in Paris. Mr. Chouraqui graduated from the HEC School of Management in France and earned an Entrepreneurship specialization from the HEC Entrepreneurship Program.
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Vice President, Technology
Mr. Cook oversees IT activities for portfolio companies in addition to actively participating in due diligence on new investment opportunities. Mr. Cook has worked with the Gores team or its portfolio companies since 1993 and has extensive experience in managing application software development, programming and quality assurance. Mr. Cook was Vice President of Development at Artemis Management Systems, where he was responsible for coordinating the development, testing and release of all Artemis application software. Prior to Artemis, Mr. Cook held senior development positions with Applicon and Manufacturing Data Systems. Mr. Cook holds a B.S in Mathematics from Georgetown College. He has also completed post-graduate work in engineering mechanics and computer science at the University of Kentucky.
Senior Advisor
Mr. Diggins is a member of Gores’ investment committee. Mr. Diggins has worked with Mr. Gores for over 20 years and formerly served as President and CEO of Gores. Mr. Diggins was instrumental in working with Alec Gores to build the Firm’s management team and infrastructure. In 1983, Mr. Diggins joined EBS as a sales representative. In 1980, Mr. Diggins began his career in sales management at Burroughs Corporation. Mr. Diggins earned his B.A. in Business Administration from Michigan State University.
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Alec Gores is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Gores Group, a Los Angeles based private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interest in mature and growing businesses which benefit from the firm's operating experience and expertise and its flexible capital base.
Mr. Gores began his career as a self-made entrepreneur and operating executive. In 1978, he self-funded and founded Executive Business Systems (EBS), a developer and distributor of vertical business software systems. Within seven years, EBS had become a leading value-added reseller in Michigan and employed over 200 people. In 1986, CONTEL purchased EBS and Mr. Gores subsequently began acquiring and operating non-core businesses from major corporations and building value in those entities, a decision that ultimately led to the founding of what has evolved into The Gores Group.
Under his leadership, The Gores Group is continuing to implement that successful strategy by acquiring businesses with enterprise values in the $200 million to $ 3 billion range, focusing on creating value and working with management to create an entrepreneurial environment as a foundation for sustainable growth. This philosophy has served the firm well. Since 1987 over 70 businesses have been successfully acquired. The current portfolio includes over twelve companies world-wide with combined annual revenues in the billions of dollars.
Mr. Gores holds a degree in computer science from Western Michigan University and lives in the Los Angeles area.
Director, Business Development
Mr. Gray manages the Business Development Group, which is responsible for identifying and targeting platform and strategic add-on acquisitions. Business Development maintains relationships with corporate sellers, investment bankers, and management teams. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Gray was a manager in the Business Development Group at Ruesch International, a foreign currency trading and trade finance firm, with responsibility for developing business with and executing foreign trading for technology clients. Prior thereto, Mr. Gray worked as a Financial Consultant with New England Securities. Mr. Gray earned a B.S. in Economics & Business from Westmont College.
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Managing Director
Mr. Hattler is responsible for the legal aspects of the negotiation and execution of certain transactions. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Hattler was an associate at Riordan & McKinzie (now part of Bingham McCutchen), a Los Angeles-based law firm specializing in complex corporate transactions, where he represented a number of private equity groups and emerging growth companies. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Hattler served as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney, focusing on operational issues. Mr. Hattler earned a B.A. from Amherst College, and earned J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago.
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Honour is a member of Gores’ investment committee and is responsible for originating and structuring transactions, and overseeing portfolio company exits. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Honour led a career as an investment banker with a focus on private equity related transactions. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Honour served as a Managing Director at UBS Warburg, where he was a financial sponsor coverage banker and oversaw the Transaction Development Group at UBS Warburg. Prior to joining UBS Warburg, Mr. Honour was an investment banker at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), where he executed a variety of mergers and acquisitions, high-yield financings, equity offerings and restructurings. Mr. Honour also served as a Vice President at DLJ Merchant Banking from 1995 to 1997. Prior to joining DLJ, Mr. Honour served as an analyst at Trammell Crow. Mr. Honour currently serves on the Boards of Directors of RealDolmen, First Communications and Westwood One. Mr. Honour earned a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Pepperdine University and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Managing Director
Mr. Katz is responsible for leading the execution and negotiation of certain Gores acquisitions and divestitures in the U.S. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Katz was an Associate Director in the Financial Sponsors Group of UBS Warburg’s Los Angeles office, where he focused on providing coverage to private equity firms and originating new transaction ideas. Prior to UBS Warburg, Mr. Katz was a founding member of eVolution Global Partners, a venture capital firm established by Texas Pacific Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Bain & Co. Mr. Katz began his career in 1996 at Colony Capital, an international private equity firm focused on real estate-related investments. Mr. Katz serves on the Board of Directors of United Road Services. Mr. Katz earned a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Managing Director
Mr. Meyer is responsible for portfolio company oversight and leading operational due diligence efforts. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Meyer was Vice President of Sales Operations at Gateway, where he was responsible for business unit operations, indirect channel program development and execution, as well as business unit strategy development and execution. Before his role in Sales Operations, Mr. Meyer served as Vice President and General Manager of Business Services and was a core team member in the acquisition and integration of eMachines. Prior to Gateway, Mr. Meyer spent five years with Bain & Company in the United States and Australia. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Meyer served as a Large Systems Account Client Representative at IBM. After IBM, he spent four years with AT&T in Europe and the United States in various sales leadership positions. Mr. Meyer serves on the Board of Directors of United Road as well as Compudyne. He is also Chairman of Lineage/Vincotech and Chairman of Stock Building Supply. Mr. Meyer earned a B.A. in Finance from Texas A&M University, where he was a Fellow in the College of Business, and an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurial Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Page is a member of Gores’ investment committee and oversees the Firm’s financial and administrative functions. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Page was Senior Principal and Chief Operating Officer for Shelter Capital Partners, a southern California-based private investment fund. Prior to that, he held various senior executive positions with several private and public companies controlled by MacAndrews & Forbes (“M&F”). While at M&F, he was Vice Chairman of Panavision, CFO of The Coleman Company and CFO of New World Communications. Prior to M&F, Mr. Page was a Partner at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Page serves on the Board of Directors of RealDolmen. Mr. Page earned a B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Loyola Marymount University of Los Angeles.
Controller
Ms. Schorvitz is responsible for the oversight and financial reporting for all Fund I and Fund II entities. Prior to joining Gores, Ms. Schorvitz spent nine years at Frontenac Company, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, where she was the Controller. Ms. Schorvitz earned a B.S. in Accountancy from DePaul University.
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Stone is a member of Gores’ investment committee and is responsible for Gores’ worldwide operations team, oversight of all Gores’ portfolio companies and operational due diligence efforts. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Stone was CEO of Sentient Jet, a provider of private jet membership. Prior to Sentient Jet, Mr. Stone served as CEO of Narus, a global telecommunication software company, and Sentex Systems, an international security and access control manufacturing company. Mr. Stone was Corporate General Manager of Citysearch (now an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp), a multi-billion dollar new media organization. Mr. Stone spent five years with The Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) as a member of their high technology and industrial goods practices and served in BCG’s Boston, London, Los Angeles and Seoul offices. Mr. Stone serves on the Boards of Directors of all GCP I and GCP II portfolio companies, except for RealDolmen, and acts as Chairman of the Boards of Directors of such companies excluding First Communications, Westwood One, Lineage/Vincotech and Sagem Communications. Mr. Stone earned a B.S. in Finance with Computer Science and Mathematics concentrations from the University of Maine and an M.B.A. in Finance and Multinational Management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Vice President, Debt Syndication
Mr. Terrell is responsible for managing relationships with debt financing sources and executing debt financings for Gores portfolio companies. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Terrell was an Underwriting and Closing Manager at Foothill Capital Corporation. Prior to joining Foothill, Mr. Terrell was with Coast Business Credit, where he was Vice President and Team Leader of the Telecom and Technology portfolio. Mr. Terrell earned a B.A. degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Managing Director
Mr. Wald is responsible for leading the execution and negotiation of certain Gores acquisitions and divestitures in the U.S. Prior to joining Gores in 1999, Mr. Wald was in CIBC Oppenheimer’s investment banking group, where he worked on a variety of assignments, including public equity, debt security underwritings, mergers and acquisitions, and other financial advisory assignments. Mr. Wald currently serves on the boards of Diagnostic Health Corp., Lineage Power and Vincotech. Previously, Mr. Wald was a director of Enterasys Networks, Global Tel*Link, Wire One Communications and Real Software. Mr. Wald received his B.B.A. in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Yager is a member of Gores’ investment committee and is responsible for originating and structuring transactions, and overseeing portfolio company exits. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Yager served as the President and CEO of Artemis International Solutions (a Pre-GCP I portfolio company) from 1997 to 2002. At Artemis, he led a turnaround and restructuring initiative and was responsible for the acquisition of Software Productivity Research, Inc. as well as the sale of Artemis to Proha Oyj, a publicly-traded Finnish software company. He was subsequently responsible for the reverse merger of Artemis into Opus360 and served as Chairman until 2005. Mr. Yager also served as CEO of Aonix, and was responsible for the restructuring of that company. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Yager served as the Executive Vice President of Business Development for Medaphis Physician Services. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Yager worked at Executive Business Systems (Alec Gores’ first company) and its acquiror, Contel Business Systems, as a General Manager. Prior to EBS, Mr. Yager worked at Burroughs from 1978 to 1985 in a variety of Sales and Marketing positions. Mr. Yager serves on the Boards of Directors of Siemens Enterprise Communications, Lineage/Vincotech and Sagem Communications. Mr. Yager earned a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Michigan.
Vice President
Ms. Chau is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Ms. Chau began her career at Merrill Lynch as an Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Ms. Chau earned a B.A. with Honors in Economics and an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
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Managing Director
Mr. Freedman is responsible for portfolio company financial oversight and controls as well as leading financial due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Freedman was CFO of The Learning Company, a Pre-GCP I portfolio company, where he helped lead a successful turnaround and sale of the company. Mr. Freedman held various financial management roles at The Learning Company, Broderbund and Mindscape from 1994 to 2002. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Freedman held various financial management positions at Paramount Communications. Prior to 1988, Mr. Freedman spent four years in public accounting. Mr. Freedman serves on the Board of Directors of Lineage/Vincotech. Mr. Freedman earned a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Managing Director
Mr. Goni is responsible for leading the execution and negotiation of certain Gores acquisitions and divestitures in Europe. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Goni was an Associate at Morgan Stanley, where he executed a large number of M&A transactions in the media & telecoms, real estate, chemicals and building materials industries. Mr. Goni began his career as a consultant at the Business Consulting unit of Arthur Andersen. Mr. Goni serves on the Boards of Directors of WStore Europe and Sagem Communications. Mr. Goni holds a BSc. (Econ) in Economics (First Class Honours) and a MSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics.
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Vice President, Tax
Mr. Hans leads tax due diligence efforts at Gores, focusing on legal structure optimization, tax exposure analysis, tax accounting and efficiency modeling. Mr. Hans also oversees the tax compliance, tax audit, and tax planning functions of all portfolio companies. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Hans worked for Arthur Andersen and KPMG, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, international corporate taxation, and partnership taxation while serving the venture capital, technology and telecommunications industries. Mr. Hans earned a B.S. in Business Administration with concentrations in Accounting and Finance at Colorado State University and a Masters of Taxation at the University of Denver.
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VP of Internal Audit and Risk Management
Ms. Phillips is responsible for overseeing the internal audit and risk management function within Gores and its portfolio companies as well as related due diligence efforts. Prior to joining Glendon, Ms. Phillips held audit positions with several public accounting firms. Ms. Phillips has extensive experience in International GAAP, financial statement presentation, and accounting and internal control procedures. Ms. Phillips earned a B.S. in Accounting from Savannah State College.
Executive Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
Mr. Stefanik oversees Gores’ marketing and business development activities, including maintaining relationships with key decision makers in Fortune 500 companies, and identifying and qualifying new acquisition opportunities. Mr. Stefanik has been with Gores for over 16 years and served as President and CEO of Applicon, a Pre-GCP I portfolio company. Mr. Stefanik has previously held a variety of sales, marketing and executive management positions in high technology companies, including Numerical Control, Cleveland Pneumatic, Valisys and McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Group. Mr. Stefanik also served as CEO of Health Systems Company, a division of McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Group. Mr. Stefanik serves on the Boards of Directors of CompuDyne, Lineage Power, Vincotech and Diagnostic Health. Mr. Stefanik earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Marketing from St. Louis University.
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Managing Director
Mr. Harnish is responsible for portfolio company financial oversight and controls as well as leading financial due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Harnish held senior executive positions in financial management with both Fortune 500 and start-up companies, including Executive VP and CFO with Maintenancenet, and Vice President of Finance/Divisional CFO with Gateway. Prior to Gateway, Mr. Harnish served in various financial management, marketing, and accounting capacities with Honeywell, and Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Harnish serves on the Boards of Directors of Avure Technologies, United Road Services and Sagem Communications. Mr. Harnish earned a B.S. in Finance from The University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from The University of Michigan.
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Tax Manager
Ms. Wagoner serves as a tax resource during due diligence as well as a resource to Gores portfolio companies in the areas of tax compliance, tax audit and accounting for income taxes in accordance with accounting requirements for financial statement reporting. Prior to joining Glendon, Ms. Wagoner was a tax manager for McDATA Corporation where she managed the accounting for income taxes, income tax compliance, other tax compliance, and tax planning functions. Prior to that, Ms. Wagoner worked for several companies, including Arthur Young, where she performed audit functions and also served clients as a tax manager. Ms. Wagoner earned her B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of Colorado.
Associate
Mr. Carlsson is responsible for identifying, originating and qualifying new investment opportunities in Europe. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Carlsson was a Senior Analyst with KPMG Transaction Services in London and performed deal origination activities, research and modeling for private equity clients in the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. Prior to KPMG, Mr. Carlsson was a consultant for Look Closer, an M&A risk advisory firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. Mr. Carlsson earned an M.S. level in Business Administration and an M.S. level in Commercial Law from Uppsala University in Sweden.
Associate, Business Development
Mr. Schlais is responsible for identifying, originating and qualifying new investment opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Schlais served as a copyright manager at JAKKS Pacific and Financing/Strategy Consultant at The Branding Firm. Mr. Schlais earned a B.S. in English from Pepperdine University and his M.B.A. from the Graziadio School of Business & Management of Pepperdine University.
Vice President, M & A
Mr. Gimbel is involved in the evaluation and execution of certain Gores acquisitions and divestitures. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Gimbel was an Analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions and leveraged finance transactions in the Media and Telecommunications group. Mr. Gimbel graduated with Honors from the University of Texas with a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting and holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
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Senior Vice President
Mr. Turner focuses on the supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies aspects of due diligence and portfolio company oversight. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Turner served as SVP of Global Sourcing and Manufacturing at Crane Aerospace where he was responsible for the creation and implementation of global sourcing strategies and operations. Prior to that, Mr. Turner served five years as Chief Executive and General Manager of Precision Components International. Mr. Turner spent the prior twelve years with United Technologies - Pratt & Whitney in various roles including a business unit manager. Mr. Turner earned a B.A. from Columbus State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Liverpool.
Associate
Mr. Eberle is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities in Europe. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Eberle worked as a Senior Associate at The Parthenon Group, a strategic advisory firm. During this time he provided strategic due diligence services for private equity firms and advised corporations across a range of industries on general strategy, portfolio transactions, pricing and operational turnarounds. Mr. Eberle graduated from the University of Cambridge with an M.A. in History.
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Managing Director
Mr. Brandt is responsible for portfolio company oversight and leading operational due diligence efforts. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Brandt was Corporate Vice President and President of the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India regions of The Valspar Corporation. Mr. Brandt spent 15 years at Valspar, a global leader in the paint, coatings and specialty chemicals industry, in a series of general management and executive positions. Prior to that, Mr. Brandt spent eight years at Cargill, the largest privately owned corporation in the U.S., in the areas of commodities trading and risk management in the U.S., purchasing and supply chain management on the corporate staff, strategic planning and business development in Mexico, and manufacturing management in England, Wales and the U.S. Mr. Brandt serves on the Board of Directors of Siemens Enterprise Communications and is Chairman of Sagem Communications. Mr. Brandt earned a B.S. degree from California Polytechnic State University, and an M.B.A. in Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Associate
Mr. Truex is responsible for operational due diligence activities and monitoring portfolio company performance. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Truex was an M&A Associate at The Gores Group involved in the evaluation and execution of certain acquisitions and divestitures. Before becoming a member of The Gores Group, Mr. Truex was an Analyst at Bank of America, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the Global Industries Group. Mr. Truex began his career as an audit associate at KPMG. Mr. Truex received his B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine, and his Masters of Accounting from the University of Southern California. Mr. Truex is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Vice President, Fund General Counsel
Mr. Eisner is responsible for leading the legal affairs of the Fund and supporting and overseeing legal affairs of the Fund’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Eisner spent eight years as Vice President of Development and Vice President of Legal Affairs at Ameristar Casinos, Inc., an owner and operator of regional casino entertainment properties throughout the United States. Mr. Eisner began his career with O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles where he spent five years in the Corporate Department working on mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities transactions and general corporate matters. Mr. Eisner earned a B.A. degree in Economics from The University of California Berkeley, with high honors, and a J.D. from The University of California Los Angeles School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.
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Managing Director
Mr. Bronstein is responsible for portfolio company financial oversight and controls as well as leading financial due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Bronstein was President of APB Consulting, a consulting firm that solved complex financial and accounting issues and led acquisition due diligence for public and private companies. From 1992 to 2006, Mr. Bronstein was Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of SunGard
Data Systems. Before 1992, Mr. Bronstein worked for Coopers & Lybrand, a predecessor of PricewaterhouseCoopers, as a senior manager and director of its high technology practice in Philadelphia. Mr. Bronstein serves on the Board of Directors of Diagnostic Health. Mr. Bronstein graduated with distinction from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Accounting and a concentration in Finance. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Managing Director
Mr. Nold is responsible for portfolio company oversight and leading operational due diligence efforts. Before joining Glendon, Mr. Nold was VP of Strategy & Corporate Development at Hewlett-Packard where he was involved in the global Services and Technology Solutions divisions. Mr. Nold also co-led Hewlett-Packard’s Corporate Strategy group, responsible for blueprinting and driving priority initiatives during HP’s 2004-2008 transformation, alongside the CEO and Executive Committee. Previously, Mr. Nold held leadership positions in strategy and marketing at United Technologies and Avanex Corporation after serving as a management consultant with Bain & Company. He began his career at International Paper as an engineer and manufacturing production manager. Mr. Nold serves on the Board of Directors of Diagnostic Health. Mr. Nold earned a B.S.E. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Senior Advisor
Healthcare, Mergers and Acquisitions
Prior to his affiliation with Gores, Mr. Otley was the Founder and CEO of IntelliCare, a health management and call center business focused on disease and care management. Prior to founding IntelliCare, he held senior management positions at Medaphis Corporation (Per-Se Technologies), the largest provider of healthcare revenue management services in the United States, and Medical Management of New England, the largest provider of outsourced healthcare claims processing in New England. He began his career focused on healthcare IT at Northern Data Systems. Mr. Otley serves on the Board of Directors of Diagnostic Health. Mr. Otley earned a B.A. in Economics from Bates College.
Associate, Business Development
Mr. Leeney is responsible for identifying, originating and qualifying new investment opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Leeney spent six years in investor relations, representing Fortune 500 clients such as InBev, Adidas, MasterCard, Diageo, and InterContinental Hotels. Mr. Leeney received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.
Senior Advisor
Mr. Patton serves as a senior advisor to Gores. Mr. Patton was Chairman and CEO of MicroOptical Devices, and was responsible for its sale in 1998 to Emcore Corporation, a compound semiconductor company. Prior to that position, he served as one of the three Presidents comprising the President’s Office at Unisys Corporation. Before joining Unisys in 1991, Mr. Patton was President & CEO of MAI Basic Four, a Fortune 500 Industrial Corporation, which was a computer systems manufacturer and application software company. Prior to that position, he was Chairman, President, and CEO of CADO Systems Corporation, a computer systems manufacturer for which EBS was a distributor. He also served as Executive Vice President of Ampex International. He began his career with Honeywell, Inc. as an engineer and his last position there was as Vice President and General Manager of Computer Operations for the Americas. Mr. Patton serves on the Boards of Directors of RealDolmen and CompuDyne. Mr. Patton holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Associate
Ms. Goor is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Ms. Goor began her career as an Analyst at UBS Investment Bank in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance Group, where she worked on transactions in a wide range of industries. Ms. Goor graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Economics.
Associate
Mr. Patel is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Patel was an Analyst at Merrill Lynch in the Multi-Industrials Group, where he focused on various M&A and financing transactions. Mr. Patel received his B.S. in Finance and Accounting from The Stern School of Business at New York University.
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Tax Manager
Mr. Stone serves as a tax resource during due diligence as well as to Gores portfolio companies in the areas of tax compliance, tax audit and accounting for income taxes in accordance with accounting requirements for financial statement reporting. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Stone was Tax Manager at Qiagen NV, a biotechnology company, where he created and managed the North American internal tax function. Prior to that, Mr. Stone was a tax manager at Teleflex, Senior Tax Accountant at Roper Industries, and a Tax Accountant at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Stone earned a B.B.A. with an emphasis in Accounting from Georgia State University and an M.B.A. from Oklahoma State University.
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Vice President
Mr. Kim is responsible for portfolio company oversight and operational due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Kim worked at The Boston Consulting Group in a variety of different industries developing corporate strategy and operational improvement programs. Previous to The Boston Consulting Group, Mr. Kim was a co-founder of a small retail chain specializing in granite countertops, Artistic Stone. Prior to Artistic Stone, Mr. Kim was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Brown Schools, a wholly owned portfolio company of McCown De Leeuw. Mr. Kim was also an investment associate at McCown De Leeuw and an investment banking analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Kim received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. in Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Managing Director
Mr. Tappin is responsible for portfolio company financial oversight and controls as well as leading financial due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Tappin was the founding CFO of Helio, a telecommunications company, and the founding CFO of Overture, a pioneer in paid search. Prior to Overture, Mr. Tappin spent six years as a senior executive at News Corporation, where he ultimately held three simultaneous positions as the Senior Vice President of Finance for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the Senior Vice President of Finance for Fox Interactive, and General Manger for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Canada. He began his career at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells. Mr. Tappin received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Vice President
Ms. Harmon focuses on the supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies aspects of due diligence and portfolio company oversight. Prior to joining Glendon, Ms. Harmon worked for Crane Co. Aerospace Group as the Group Director of Global Strategic Sourcing. While at Crane Co., Ms. Harmon also held management positions in Supply Chain Management, Re-engineering, Quality Assurance and Operations Systems Auditing. Ms. Harmon was also employed with General Dynamics as a Senior Cost Analyst. Ms. Harmon earned a B.S. in Operations Management at Western Washington University.
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Vice President
Mr. Kutrieh is responsible for portfolio company oversight and controls, as well as financial and operational due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Kutrieh was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company concentrating in Healthcare, Media and Private Equity. Mr. Kutrieh also worked as an M.B.A. Intern in the Strategic Planning Department at Turner Broadcasting and as a Senior Analyst at The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Kutrieh holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Managing Director
Mr. Hammad is responsible for leading operational due diligence efforts as well as working with portfolio company executive teams to achieve full operational potential.
Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Hammad was Chief Commercial Officer, at easyJet plc, one of the largest airlines in Europe where he was responsible for driving a major commercial turnaround, involving a doubling of revenue whilst delivering significant margin enhancement. Previously, he held a number of senior operational roles at multi-national corporations including Procter & Gamble, Thorn-EMI, Vision Express and Tibbett & Britten which involved significant turnarounds, performance improvement and corporate development. Mr. Hammad was also CEO of Autocascade, a pan-European web-based yield management start-up focused on the automotive sector. In addition, he spent three years with the Boston Consulting Group in London where he worked with top management of leading corporations on developing growth strategies and driving operational improvement programs. Mr. Hammad has also been a Non-Executive Director of Optos plc, the leading provider of medical retinal-imaging technology, where he was a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Mr. Hammad holds an undergraduate degree from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Glendon Partners
Vice President, Human Capital
Mr. Rossen is responsible for human capital oversight for all portfolio companies and is a member of the operating due diligence team. Prior to joining Glendon Partners in 2009, Mr. Rossen served as General Counsel of LRN Corporation, HELIO, and Somera Communications. Prior to that, Mr. Rossen was Senior Corporate Counsel for RealNames Corporation and served as a corporate and securities associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, a law firm specializing in serving the technology and growth business sector. Mr. Rossen holds a B.A. in Economics and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Glendon Partners
Principal, Debt Syndication
Mr. Nutting is responsible for managing relationships with debt financing sources and executing debt financings for Gores portfolio companies. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Nutting was a Director in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse where he maintained primary coverage responsibilities and executed financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions for financial sponsors and their portfolio companies. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mr. Nutting was an Associate in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch and CIBC Oppenheimer. Mr. Nutting earned a B.A., cum laude, in Economics-Accounting from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Nutting also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Associate
Mr. Schellinger is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Schellinger was an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Jefferies & Company, where he was involved in a wide variety of mergers and acquisitions strategic advisory and capital markets financings for clients across multiple industries. Mr. Schellinger graduated from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas with a B.B.A. in Accounting and a Masters in Professional Accounting.
Associate
Mr. Tolia is involved in the evaluation and execution of potential Gores opportunities. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Tolia was an Analyst at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital in the Industrials M&A Group, where he focused on various M&A and financing transactions in the aerospace & defense sector. Mr. Tolia received his B.A. in Business-Economics with a minor in Accounting, magna cum laude, from UCLA.
Glendon Partners
Vice President, Finance
Mr. Thompson is responsible for portfolio company financial oversight and controls as well as leading financial due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Thompson was a Director at FTI Consulting, concentrating on financial and operational restructurings for Communications and Media clients. Prior to FTI, Mr. Thompson spent 3 years as a Director of Corporate Development at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he completed over $400 million of acquisitions, divestitures, and business launches of television networks and new media properties globally. Prior to Sony, Mr. Thompson was a Senior Associate in the restructuring practice of Alvarez and Marsal. Mr. Thompson was a Technology M&A Summer Associate at JPMorgan. Mr. Thompson holds a B.A. in Biology and Economics from Pomona College and an MBA from Stanford. Mr. Thompson is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor and a Licensed International Financial Analyst.
Glendon Partners
Vice President
Mr. Abramson is responsible for portfolio company financial oversight and controls as well as leading financial due diligence activities. Before joining Glendon, Mr. Abramson was Vice President of European Operations at Cerberus Capital Management where he led due diligence activities and served as an advisor to the Board of portfolio companies. Prior to Cerberus, Mr. Abramson spent eleven years in various operational & financial management roles at General Electric, most recently as CFO of GE Real Estate based in London. Mr. Abramson earned a M.Sc. in Business and Economics from The Stockholm School of Economics.
Glendon Partners
Associate, Operations
Mr. Ma is responsible for portfolio company oversight, as well as financial and operational due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon in 2009, Mr. Ma was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group with a focus on due diligence, strategic transformation and cost-reduction at companies in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer sectors. He also has experience in investment banking, fixed income investment management, a tech start-up, and managed healthcare operations. Mr. Ma graduated with honors in 2007 from the Management and Technology Program (M&T) at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economics (focus Finance) from The Wharton School and a BS in Electrical Engineering (focus Computer & Telecommunication Systems) from the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Glendon Partners
Vice President
Mr. Reynders is responsible for portfolio company oversight and operational due diligence activities. Prior to joining Glendon, Mr. Reynders was an Executive Director at Dubai Capital Group (DCG), a leading investment management firm in the Middle East and North Africa, and also worked as Business Development Director for DCG’s parent company Dubai Holding. Earlier in his career, Mr. Reynders worked as a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and also with Eden McCallum, where he executed strategic advisory and due diligence projects across Western Europe in the financial services, industrial and services sectors. He was also a co-founder and Managing Director of AutoCascade, a pan-European automotive supply chain management joint venture between Inchcape plc and Avis Europe plc. Mr. Reynders was previously on the Board of Directors of Emirates Cement, a leading cement producer in the UAE and a joint venture with the Lafarge group. Mr. Reynders received a M.Sc. in Information Systems from the Stern School of Business (New York University) as well as a degree in Commercial Engineering from the University of Antwerp (UFSIA) in Belgium.
Analyst
Business Development
Mr. Salin is responsible for identifying, originating and qualifying new investment opportunities in Europe, focusing on the French, Benelux, Spanish and Italian markets. Prior to joining Gores, Mr. Salin was an Analyst at 3i Buyouts in Paris where he performed deal origination, research and modeling on the French upper-midcap buyouts market. Prior to that, Mr. Salin was employed at Pragma Capital, a French boutique fund where he executed midcap deals. Among other activities, Mr. Salin started several ventures in varied sectors and was a manager of his university consulting firm; he also taught finance at the Banque de France, the French central bank. Mr. Salin graduated from the Paris-Dauphine University with a M.S level in Business Strategy and from the Hong-Kong University where he fulfilled part of his studies.
