TRADEWAY

Business Finance Consultant
Bankruptcy turnaround expert
Debtor In Possession Financing DIP
Troubled business advisor since 1972

Skills:

Business Financial Improvement

Bring in the needed funds

Mergers and Acquisitions workout and financing

• Planning and execution of engagements, restructuring of debtor financial standing
  
• Preparing strategies to resolve various issues quickly and equitably.
  
• Consensus building with staff, client, the creditors, legal advisors, judges and shareholders
  
• Producing equitable results without friction.   
  
• 34 years of Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Insolvency experience.
  
• Situational analysis, creativity, negotiation and decision making.
  
• Financial restructuring, new funding resources
  
• Excellent time management experience and ability to work on simultaneous projects
  
• Assurance of hope, inspiration and foresight based on facts.

Major strengths:
No nonsense, practical solutions with measurable results within the shortest time.
Complete Business Financing, raise capital with 6-year debt-free plan.
Built-in profit system implementation, no year-end surprises.
Practical solutions for:
Succession/transition/relocation/merger & acquisition, bankruptcy prevention, complete turnaround, debt restructuring, crisis management, cash flow improvement and long term system implementation.
Accounting systems upgrade to know for a fact that where is the money and where is it going.

Industry expertise:
Manufactured housing construction and plant, sawmill, forestry equipment, industrial tires & rubber components, passenger and truck tire mfg & distribution, auto/truck brakes and parts, real estate, affordable housing ownership or rental, plastics, zinc, aluminum parts, wood products, aerospace, bio food, biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, forest products.

Consolidated 6 family owned sawmills in Washington State into one entity, when the spotted owl issue and cheap lumber imports had caused them to file for bankruptcy. Retooling with new equipment, retraining, plus financing rescued the businesses, and placed them in forefront of their competition with record net profits.

A moving company in Northern California in the midst of Dot Com failings made changes in their pricing and labor burden, increasing net profits by 105%.

A multinational Canadian heavy equipment manufacturer gained additional 6% market share without compromising quality, quantity, prices or labor cost when it expected only 3%

Businesses Owned:

• Homeland Building & Loan Ltd., Santa Clarita, CA, 32 years, Business & Commercial Real Estate loan origination, sold business July 2005.
• Ambassador Escrow Inc., Santa Clarita, CA, 14 years, Owner. Escrow services to builders and Real Estate Brokers, construction fund disbursements. Sold business.
• Computer Mortgage Inc., Santa Clarita, CA. 10 years, Partner. Real Estate loan origination: Land, construction, take-out, single-family development for builders in Santa Clarita Valley. Sold his half to partner.

Volunteer & Community activities:
Board member, 4 years, Newhall Redevelopment Agency, City of Santa Clarita. Code changes, architectural standards, marketing, and financing. Instructor, 6 years.
Developed, published and taught workshops in 4 community colleges in, Business Finance-job training, Mid Range Accounting Software-job training, and Escrow Basics-job training.

Education, Licenses, and Certifications:
Bachelor of B. Admin./Finance, University of Toronto 1971
Bachelor of Science in Real Estate, Hawaii.1999
Juris Doctorate, 2nd year continuing
Real Estate Broker/ Loan Broker, State of California since 1972.
Certified Housing Counselor, Washington, DC - HUD .
Certified Housing & Asset Management Specialist, NHMS since 1992.
Certified as Fair Lending HUD,
California Housing Finance Agency (CHFA),
MCC City of L.A. & MCC County of L.A.  

• I can do attitude.  
  
• At ease in multi-cultural environments, culturally sensitive.
  
• Enhanced abilities to work with people of different nationalities and management levels.