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Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Chicago, Il

We are value investors, seeking companies that we believe trade at a substantial discount to intrinsic value. We look for managers who seek to maximize the long-term value of their business for its owners.

ComPsych Corporation is the world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs and the pioneer and leading provider of fully integrated EAP, behavioral health, work-life, wellness, outsourced HR and FMLA administration services under the GuidanceResources® brand. ComPsych provides services to more than 13,000 organizations covering more than 35 million individuals throughout the U.S. and over 100 countries.

Patton Investments is an asset management firm that utilizes alternative investment strategies to generate capital appreciation for its clients while seeking to protect them from the risk of significant loss. Our multi-strategy approach employs various types of relational trades, such as convertible, structured-note and volatility arbitrage. By blending these and other strategies we aim to diversify our clients' portfolios and generate significant risk-adjusted returns which are uncorrelated with the stock and bond markets.

Career Achievements: Sold over $350 million in new aircraft into competitive prospects. Sales totaled ten new aircraft and included Gulfstream’s entire product line. Competitive wins at key Fortune 500 companies. Management of Midwest Gulfstream Territory: Developed sales network utilizing key regional stake holders. Goals of sales team included: grow Gulfstream business through competitive account penetration; grow Gulfstream brand in Midwest region; and build on Gulfstream’s reputation for service, support and professionalism. Territory Development: Built network and directed their efforts towards territory’s success. Network comprised of regional and national business aviation associations (NBAA, CABAA, KCBAA, GSLBAA); aircraft finance (BofA, RBS, GE); management companies (DB Aviation, Central Flying) and large, corporate flight departments. Efforts yielded competitive wins for Gulfstream not seen in the Midwest in several years.

Career Achievements: FY’01: Awarded Cisco Top Performer at National Sales Meeting. Exceeded quota significantly, 136% to Plan. FY’02: finished at 119% to plan. FY’03: finished at 100% to plan. FY’04: grew Sales Territory 60% year over year, finished 150% to plan. New Business Development: Generated 471 Opportunities in FY’01 against a goal of 260. Resulted in over $21 million in Pipeline and $12.2 million in Closed Sales. Territory Management: Developed strong relationships with key strategic channel partners across multiple verticals: Enterprise, Legal, Manufacturing, Service and Local Government. Resulted in building and directing sales force focused on winning new business in my territory. Technology Achievements: Obtained three Career Technical Certifications: CSE, CCDA, CCNA. Certifications were above and beyond as sales engineers are the only ones typically pursuing that level of technical competency. Key Competitive Win: 2nd Fastest Growing Private Company in America- Under Armour Performance Apparel- positioned full end to end solution valued at $1M in first year revenue.

Account Management & Business Development: Managed new business development and strategic planning to maximize growth and profitability in 12-state territory. Increased contact list by 100% in first five months. Technical Sales Representation: Key success factors: identified correct solution to meet customer need(s) and served as liaison between customer base, product development team and manufacturing. Career Achievements: Offered top sales territory in company after six months. Outstanding work ethic and strong interpersonal skills sighted as reasons for promotion offer.

Market Development: Identified $5 million market with strong strategic fit. Initiated trial activity at three of the five major players. Resulted in $750,000 in sales the first six months. Contract Negotiations: Negotiated multi-year contract for 100% of top Canadian customer’s business. Guaranteed $2.7 million in sales and locked out competition for three year period.

Sales and Profitability: Grew Sales Territory from $4 million to $14 million in under two years. #1 Sales Team in the Division two straight years, “Rookie of the Year” Award. Technical Sales Representation: Co-developed specialty grade with International Paper Technical Department. Successfully marketed grade to multiple customers, sales dollars grew from $0 in 1996 to $2.5 million in 1997. Drove Team 23% above Quota to $55M.