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Princeton, Nj, Us

Southfield, Mi, Us

Lead mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and strategic business development efforts across all market sectors, regions and offices for Atwell, a Michigan-based consulting, engineering and construction services firm that delivers a broad range of creative solutions to clients in the real estate and land development, power and energy, oil and gas, and transportation and infrastructure markets. Oversaw the negotiation, due diligence, closing and integration of 14 acquisitions (totaling 500 employees and $90M in annual revenue) since joining the company. Initiated and assisted with the successful effort to negotiate and close a $200M senior revolving credit and term loan facility. Also provide executive leadership for the firm's Northeast region and serve as interim General Counsel overseeing the firm’s Legal and Risk Management Department. Atwell, ranked by ENR as the 71st largest U.S. design firm, has 1,800 professionals nationwide and earned revenue last year of nearly $380M.

Lombard, Il, Us

Serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Pernix Group, an international construction contractor whose subsidiaries include Pernix Federal, Pernix International and BE&K Building Group. Also serve as Chairman of the Board’s Compensation Committee and as a member of the Executive, Risk and Government Security Committees. Pernix, with annual revenue of more than $500M, was ranked by ENR last year as the 291st largest general contractor in the U.S.

Founded and led this multi-strategy asset management firm with a focus on making long and short public equity, private equity, real estate, mezzanine debt financing, equity derivative and other investments. Also provided advisory services to private equity and other investment firms.

Toms River, Nj, Us

Ran to represent New Jersey’s Third Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Won the Republican primary 61%-39% but lost the general election 46%-53% in my first campaign for public office. Received more votes than any other Republican candidate in the history of the Third District. Developed campaign strategy, hired political consultants, organized and led the campaign team, raised more than $1.5M in campaign funds, met with party leaders and elected officials, implemented digital outreach and engaged with voters.

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Us

Top corporate officer in charge of Hill International (NYSE:HIL), a global professional services firm focused on providing project management and construction claims services to the buildings, transportation, environmental, energy and industrial markets. Led the acquisition and integration of nearly 30 companies during my time at the company. Initiated and led the $140M divestiture of the company’s Construction Claims Group to a private equity firm. Also served as a member of Hill’s Board of Directors from 1998-2017. Hill, then a publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was the eighth largest construction management firm and seventh largest program management firm in the U.S. with 4,300 professionals in 100 offices worldwide.

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Us

Direct management responsibility for all of Hill’s business operations, as well as oversight of the company’s Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing and Legal Departments. Initiated and led the company’s efforts to become a publicly-traded company in 2006. Served on the three-member Board of Directors of Stanley Baker Hill LLC, a joint venture company that provided construction management services during 2004-2010 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of the $19B Iraq Reconstruction Program. During my 11-year tenure as COO, Hill’s revenue increased nearly eight-fold, from $84M in 2004 to $642M in 2014.

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Us

Direct management and profit-and-loss responsibility for Hill’s largest operating division, which provided program management, project management, construction management and other project consulting services to owners worldwide. Revenue of Hill’s Project Management Group nearly tripled under my leadership, from $24M in 2000 to $70M in 2004.

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Us

Reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer on a broad range of legal and business issues. Managed a ten-person Law and Administration Department, which included direct oversight for the Legal, Human Resources and Information Technology Departments.

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Us

Responsibilities included contract review and negotiation, litigation management, mergers and acquisitions, insurance and risk management and regulatory compliance. Also served as corporate secretary to Hill and each of its domestic and foreign subsidiaries.

Costa Mesa, California, Us

Co-founded and acted as chief legal officer and corporate secretary for this sports and entertainment ticketing transaction and software firm and its predecessor company during the time when it was an affiliate of Hill International, Inc. Assisted with the spin-off and restructuring of the company, the raising of $30M of venture capital financing and the closing of four acquisitions. The company went public (NASDAQ:TIXX) through an initial public offering in 1999 and was eventually sold in 2005 to Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. for $66M.

New York, Ny, Us

Negotiated and drafted agreements and other legal documents for corporate transactions, drafted corporate and partnership organizational documents, prepared and filed registration and disclosure documents with the SEC, drafted firm opinion letters, performed due diligence on pending transactions and researched and wrote memoranda on various corporate and securities law topics for Weil Gotshal, at the time the second largest law firm in New York City.

M.S., Civil Engineering, Fu Foundation School Of Engineering And Applied Science

M.P.A., American Politics And Government, John F. Kennedy School Of Government

M.Sc., Major Program Management, Saïd Business School

Certificate In Leading Professional Service Firms, Harvard Business School

J.D., The Law School

B.S.E., Civil Engineering, School Of Engineering And Applied Science

B.S., Management, The Wharton School Of Business