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      <image:caption>Served as Financial Advisor to AMR Corp. (parent of American Airlines) throughout its Chapter 11 reorganization process. Key initiatives included cash management, operational continuity, supplier relations, and estimation of liabilities culminating in its concurrent emergence from Chapter 11, merger with US Airways and IPO as American Airlines Group on Dec-9-2013.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Engaged by AT&amp;T to assist with its cash flow forecasting process to drive enhanced predictive liquidity specifically around device purchases from OEMs based on channel fill and demand, rent payments for physical locations and tower leases, and supplier financing arrangements.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Served as Financial Advisor to Sears Holdings Corp. during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in Oct-2018. Supported its mandatory financial filings for its 53 legal entities, assisted with its contract disposition process by quantifying pre-petition liabilities, and supported its successful Section 363 sales process to Transform HoldCo.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Built a weekly cash flow forecasting process for Grainger Inc. - a multi-billion dollar distributor of industrial, maintenance, tools and other equipment. Worked across functions (supply chain, sales, treasury, finance, and HR) to streamline a process to both measure and manage its cash flow. Assisted with analyzing the liquidity impact of its strategy on tariffs from its China imports.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Served as Financial Advisor to the Department of Treasury of the Government of Puerto Rico (GPR) during its 2017 Title 3 Filing (municipal bankruptcy). Worked throughout its largest government agencies (departments of health, education, transportation, etc.) to quantify savings achieved based on Executive Orders issued by the Governor and assisted with design / implementation of financial control processes to enhance transparency.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Engaged by the NY State Dept of Health to help assess a near- and long-term solution to the large financial subsidies required to keep Maimonides Medical Center financially viable. Key initiatives were assessing the subsidy required for SFY2024 and analyses of different business model transformations to address both Maimo's long-term future as well as the larger Brooklyn metroplex's accessibility to healthcare without large state funding.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Served as Financial Advisor to LRGHealthcare - a New Hampshire based healthcare system bleeding cash during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worked with Management and Board of Trustees to file the company for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, maintain its operational sustainability as a critical access healthcare system, and facilitate an expedited Section 363 sales process to Concord Health which preserved access and jobs in the region.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Engaged by Meyer Sound, a leading enterprise-grade sound equipment manufacturer, assess its financial viability under its current asset-based lender agreement. Key initiatives included building a weekly cash flow projections, aligning its operations, design and finance functions to drive alignment around liquidity management and sales.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Served as Financial Advisor to Bashas, a $2 billion dollar chain of supermarkets in Arizona and New Mexico, with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Key initiatives included managing vendor negotiations to maintain inventory levels, weekly cash flow projections and reporting to secured lenders, required financial filings, and building a financial model to assess the prospective impact of closing its most unprofitable locations.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Engaged by a Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Activision, Inc., a leading video game development company, in its internal investigation for the SEC related to its stock options backdating practices. Analyzed stop option awards, grant dates, and strike prices to understand the dollar magnitude of the practices and the accounting and tax consequences of not disclosing the backdating practice.</image:caption>
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