John Hynes Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

Principal - Operations: 2/2022-CurrentOperations Consultant: 7/2015 – 2/2022ERP implementation and integration manager for Sole Source portfolio companies. Manage business intelligence reporting and dashboards for all portfolio companies. Data-based origination sourcing and scrubbing.

United States

- Client was a food and restaurant supplies distribution company with over $250mm in annual sales.- Reviewed and analyzed over 2000 customers and 300 product categories, covering more than 7,000 SKU's, while making changes to reduce marginal accounts and goods. - Introduced initiatives which increased gross sales margin by over 600bps, nearly a 30% increase, in less than 5 months. - Outlined cost saving initiatives to increase productivity and operating margins. - Restructured accounting department to reduce collection times, and decrease working capital needs.- Created a medium term road map for CEO/Owner and management to prepare for an exit of the business in 12-18 months, after the company went through two failed PE process in the preceding 12 months.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Washington Corporation Missoula, MTPrivate Equity Consultant – Contracted from 4/2018 – 12/2018 • Post-transaction audit of Washington Corporation’s acquisition of Dominion Diamond (NYSE: DDC)• Conducted detailed review of the transaction and prior operations for comparison to the current and future operating assumptions; Prepare summary documents for CEO, trustees and board meetings• Mine plan financial review, detailed costing review and re-organization recommendations; restricted by NDA from disclosing further detail about the operations or my analysisJDS Energy & Mining Vancouver, BCPrivate Equity Consultant – Contracted from 11/2017 – 2/2018 • Transaction review of Dominion Diamond (NYSE: DDC) acquisition, produced for the Washington Corporation, with a focus on mining operations analysis • Financial evaluation and presentation of various operating scenarios and adjusted mine plans, working with a team of mining engineers at JDS

Vice President & Partner – 1/2011 – 11/2017 • Family Office / Private Equity partnership with a focus on Public to Private, Private to Private and Activist-Driven transactions; as well as public equity investments, both standalone or in conjunction with transactions• Generated investment ideas, and worked with partners on deal strategy and process • Deep dive operational and cash flow analyses, and due diligence at the asset level collaborating with leading industry experts• MPP Projects: o Dominion Diamond (NYSE: DDC) acquisition by Washington Corp. – Originated transaction with MPP and acted as lead analyst on resource-based diligence; constructed operating and LBO models with expert team of engineers, geologists, and financial advisors. MPP worked with Washington Corporation on the takeover strategy and retains an interest in the private company post transactiono Heavy Construction Services Company – Co-managed deal process; Lead analyst, working with former management to develop a new operating model and Rothschild Investment Bank to raise financing for a take-private transaction in conjunction with 20% shareholder; transaction unsuccessful, MPP profited from equity investment in targeto LodgeNet acquisition by Colony Capital – Supported deal process and analysis for MPP originated take-private purchase of ~$500mm EV Hotel Entertainment company with LA based private equity firm, Colony Capital, as our capital sponsor

North Dakota, United States

Liquidating/Managing Trustee – 8/2012 -9/2013 • Bakken Oil Partnership with producing assets and acreage in the Madison, Bakken, and Three Forks Formations in North Dakota • Trust was created to purchase all the land leases owned by Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) in North Dakota in 1999 totaling over 70,000 net acres. • Appointed Trustee by a majority of the partners to commence the sale of assets in liquidation and take control from prior trustee who was removed and deemed delinquent in liquidation and management duties, and was suspected of fraud. The fraud was verified, whereby the leases were let to expire for PZW but in reality were simply renewed by another entity owned by the former Trustee. • Performed well valuations, verified lease ownership and history with “landmen”; negotiated asset sales with major E&P companies; managed partnership interests during liquidation and managed legal interactions which were contentious. • Forensic investigation of the history of the partnership to uncover assets misappropriated or misreported by the former managing partner and trustee, resulting in a private settlement valued at over $200mm.

Co–Founder & Portfolio Manager – 4/2007 -12/2010 Fund I, LLC – 9/07 to 9/09, Total Return: +18%, Excess Return over S&P 500: +50%, Sharpe Ratio: +9.2, Beta: -0.13; 3rd party audited by Ashland Partners L.P.Fund II, LP – 1/2010 to 12/2010, private, unaudited (+~9%)• Evaluated and managed investments for a long/short equity hedge fund, with a value-investing bias in natural resource sectors• Responsible for legal, accounting, regulatory and compliance requirements for the fund, as well as execution trading• Implemented fundamental analysis at the industry & company levels, targeting situations with highly attractive risk/reward and a discernable value unrecognized by the market with catalysts that would bring about value realization in near to medium term

Stamford, Ct

Fixed Income Hedge FundAssociate Portfolio Manager & Trader – SAC Capital Genesis Fund & Sailfish Capital G2 Fund 3/06 - 3/07 • Worked alongside founding partners managing a $525mm combined Long/Short credit portfolio, within a $2 billion multi-strategy hedge fund.• Positions across investment grade (IG) & high yield (HY) bonds, credit default swaps (CDS), CDX & Itraxx indices, and treasuries & agencies; • Credit Relative value strategy across all sectors; focus on Financials, TMT, Utilities, Consumer, Housing, Energy & Industrials• Presented investment ideas, market opinions, and evaluated/gave recommendations for new issues, on a daily basis, with high participation rates• Contributed fund's weekly market review for IG credit with portfolio allocation and trade recommendations published to the firm each Sunday evening; Responsible for writing the Market Summary as well as the IG Credit Summary for the monthly investor letterTrading Assistant – SAC Capital Genesis Fund & SAC Genesis Emerging Market Fund 6/05-3/06• Maintained live risk monitor, processed trades and calculated daily P&L; relayed markets and executed trades for portfolio managers• Active trading desk, IG volume averaging 30+ trades per day, & +$75 billion notional volume/year, including CDS; Top 5 volume client • Set prices and ran hedges for bond trades; confirmed, novated and inventoried cds contracts• Monitored and traded treasury hedges for duration changes

Reading, Pa; Newark, Nj; New York, Ny

Structural Steel Engineering, Fabrication & Construction Local 40 Ironworker, NY, NY• Diverse positions during high school and college including: bidding & job accounting, blueprinting, stick welder, cutting torch, overhead crane operator, sand blasting, bead blasting, fireproofing, hoisting & loading, architecturally exposed painting, drill press operator and other various positions. • NYC Local 40 ironworker. Projects - Bellevue Medical Center Expansion, Bronx VA Hospital. • Experience generated industry contacts and knowledge useful in evaluating related industries, projects or assets.

Bachelor’S Degree, Finance And Management

Education record

Activities and Societies: National AP Scholar & Aeneas Society