The Team
The Revitalization Partners team brings over 85 years of experience as CEO's, CFO's COO's, Board Members, Investors and Turnaround Managers to each of its assignments. Each member of the team has demonstrated the ability to hit the ground running, perform rapid situational assessments, successfully operate under pressure, while maintaining the interests of all stakeholders. Our cross industry experience and ability to operate as a team provides our clients with rapid solutions to corporate problems in the most cost effective manner.
Bernee D. L. Strom
Widely recognized as an innovator and a leading woman entrepreneur with over two decades of business and technology leadership, Bernee has served as a senior manager or director of companies ranging from early stage to Fortune 500 enterprises. Her career spans a broad spectrum of products and industries, consumer products, media and broadcast, publishing, and biotech, where leveraging technology was employed to provide enhanced execution and strategy. Ms. Strom's successes include founding and managing Gemstar TV Guide International, Priceline.com, and MBS Technologies, serving as President/COO of InfoSpace, Inc., CEO of USA Digital Radio (now iBiquity), and as a senior executive of The Los Angeles Herald Examiner. She is a current or past director of the Hughes Corporation, the Polaroid Corporation, ImageX, Software Publishing Corporation, Krug International (currently Sunlink), and DDL Electronics (currently SMTEK). She also serves as a Trustee of the National Public Radio Foundation. Ms. Strom has helped to raise over $1 billion in both public and private financings, overseen multiple M&A transactions both domestically and internationally, and has structured & negotiated numerous industry and strategic partnerships. Ms. Strom holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, and completed her Masters and doctoral degrees (ABD) in mathematics and mathematics education from New York University. She sat for and passed the CPA exam in California.
Al Davis
Successful corporate revitalization and redirection have been the results of Mr. Davis's assignments. He has stepped into numerous companies with faltering business plans that were headed for failure. Al quickly identified unrecognized new markets and new business relationships, defining and implementing a course of action leading to renewed growth and improved profitability. Successes include reversing a substantial revenue decline at Advanced Interactive Systems by redirecting the company strategy, resulting in a 15-fold increase in revenue; developing and executing a new marketing strategy for Starbase Corporation, taking the company from insolvency to a successful Nasdaq listing. His broad technology background includes cable and data communications, semiconductors, systems, simulation, enterprise software and government contracting. Mr. Davis has raised over $60 million in venture capital, and has structured and executed a number of domestic and international M & A transactions on behalf of public and private corporations, including AIS, DocuTouch and Bell & Howell. Mr. Davis was General Manager of Intel's Software Distribution and Support Operation, Director of worldwide marketing for Intel Microprocessor Division, General Manager for a technology division of Litton Industries and a Sales Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation. As a partner in a venture fund, he has been responsible for guidance and interim management of several of the funds technology investments. Mr. Davis holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California.
Bill Lawrence
Bringing extensive business experience in finance and operations, Bill Lawrence has successfully guided companies through the complex bankruptcy process. He has managed Chapter XI reorganizations, assets sales and liquidations, while restructuring bank, vendor and equity financing. Serving in senior level positions as CEO, COO, CFO and corporate director, Bill has restructured public and private corporations with revenues from $70 to $300 million, maximizing the interests of all stakeholders. His assignments have included guiding Garden Botanika through bankruptcy and negotiating the successful sale of the company; managing Jay Jacobs Chapter XI process, raising both new equity and debt financing, guiding the company out of bankruptcy through reorganization; and assisted in the plan development and execution of Paul Harris Stores Chapter XI reorganization. Mr. Lawrence is an active member in the Turnaround Management Association and frequent speaker. He is graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University with a B.S. in Management and holds a degree in Accounting.
Gary L. Brookshire
Gary L. Brookshire has more than 25 years experience as a senior financial executive with extensive experience in corporate recovery and turnaround management. Mr. Brookshire has proven expertise managing highly distressed companies with strong skills in profitability improvement, cash management, cost controls, strategic assessment and SEC reporting. He has served as CFO and VP Operations for companies in distribution, manufacturing and other industries including food manufacturing, equipment manufacturing, medical supply distribution, medical services, garment manufacturing, auto parts manufacturing & distribution and food processing and distribution. Mr. has broad experience in managing companies through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization proceedings, to effect corporate restructurings and maximize recovery for stakeholders. He also has managed more than 35 acquisitions and divestitures. Mr. Brookshire is a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) and a certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) . Mr. Brookshire is an non practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Washington, and is an inactive Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Mr. Brookshire earned his BBA in Accounting and Finance at Pace University in New York.
Juan Carosso
With more than 20 years of successfully building and running sales, business development and marketing teams for start-up and middle market technology companies, Juan Carosso has a proven track record of aggressively driving revenue growth. Juan’s chief strengths stem from his broad executive experience working with C-Level executives and other key decision makers to quickly understand and meet critical business objectives on both sides of each relationship. He has a long, successful career of assisting companies to establish or reorganize their direct, telesales and channel sales organizations to show immediate, needed results. His innovative business development approach has consistently proven critical in opening up new avenues for business growth by pursuing and executing out-of-the-box channel and OEM relationships both domestically and internationally. Juan has held senior management positions as the head of sales and business development for FusionWare, Laplink Software, Entomo, 2WAY Corporation and FourGen Software. He has also been the head of channel sales for PureEdge Solutions and has run Asia Pacific/Latin America marketing for Wall Data. Juan holds an MBA in Finance and International Marketing and a BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of Michigan.
Anthony Neupert
With an extensive financial management background Tony has assisted a range of companies needing deep financial expertise. His experience includes the Evaluation of reorganization, restructuring and refinancing alternatives, serving as Distribution Manager and Plan Administrator under approved plans of reorganization, overseeing the sale and closure of operations and distribution of assets in liquidation and serving as an expert witness regarding damages, lost profits and business transactions. Tony arranged major debt refinancing packages for Deep Sea Fisheries as well as managing a Plan of Reorganization in Chapter 11 for six of their fourteen companies. As Director of Administration for Color Control, Tony negotiated the purchase of an operating division of a competitor, coordinated the orderly shutdown of an unprofitable subsidiary and represented the former owners in the sale of the company. Tony’s background includes experience as a Senior Audit Manager for Price Waterhouse. He holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Washington and is a CPA in Washington State.
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