Max Fulton Email & Phone Number

As a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement Group, I specialize in leading organizations through transformative change. With extensive experience spanning diverse industries, I excel in creating high-performing teams and implementing effective strategies to drive value for private equity-owned companies.My career.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Managing Director in the CFO Services practice for Private Equity (PEPI)

Denver, Colorado, United States

2930 West 9th Avenue

• Developed values and culture
• Championed brand transformation process
• Responsible for all financial, marketing and operational aspects of the company
• Negotiated with regulators, city planners and labor unions
• Implemented operational improvements and cost saving initiatives
• Overhauled policies and procedures

Denver, CO

• Developed and shaped an early stage streaming radio company
• Developed business thesis
• Implemented and instilled corporate culture
• Managed all aspects of HR
• Raised initial seed round of funding and subsequent rounds totaling $3 million
• Developed product features and requirements

Denver

• Financial Advisor to Minority Owner of Boulder Vitamin Cottage Group - Provided strategic advice and valuation assistance to inform negotiation strategy as Natural Grocers filed its IPO
• Financial Advisor to minuteKEY - Developed strategic scenarios to source $30 million in debt financing and provided financial modeling assistance

Various

• Interim CFO – managed three international companies with $100 million in annual aggregate revenue, $25 million in EBITDA and over 500 employees Led parent company through bankruptcy and successful emergence, which.
• Interim Treasurer – developed, managed and led the treasury department for a media company with $500 million in annual revenue (private equity-backed with publicly held debt) Managed $2 billion in debt facilities.
• Developed strategic alternatives and restructuring scenarios for various private equity firms
• Directed global liquidity needs, including strategically managing vendors and optimizing cash flow for a $6 billion aluminum company, which included procuring and managing a $1 billion DIP facility
• Led portfolio companies in achieving performance objectives and implementing cost saving initiatives
• Directed the construction of a dynamic operational model for a $600 million REIT

• Conducted operational due diligence and performance improvement efforts
• Developed new product offering (Working Capital Optimization) and line of service (Leveraged Sourcing)
• Identified cost savings initiatives and analyzed impacts to the business
• Developed complex models for acquisitions in the consumer packaging industry
• Evaluated strategic business plans and forecasts
• Assisted in the creation of a turnaround plan at AIPC (largest pasta producer in the U.S.); result was an increase in stock price from $6 to $20 in 3 years  - Reduced operational complexity by streamlining AIPC’s.

Restructuring · Assisted in the creation of a turnaround plan at AIPC (largest pasta producer in the U.S.); result was an increase in stock price from $6 to $20 in 3 years · Represented Eddie Bauer in the liquidation of 30 retail store locations across the U.S. (This was part of the Spiegel restructuring, which won large turnaround of the year as awarded.

Financial Consulting (continuation of PricewaterhouseCoopers position) · Served as primary client contact while managing interactions with multiple clients simultaneously · Managed and reviewed performance of colleagues and client-side employees

· Assisted a Trustee in liquidating over 12 million shares of Rio Narcea Gold Mining Ltd. common stock for one of the largest personal bankruptcies in Colorado · Created both 13-week and five-year cash forecasts for Colorado's Ocean Journey aquarium project and assisted the stakeholders in the formulation of a joint plan of reorganization with $60 million.

• Managed and reviewed performance of colleagues and client-side employees
• Worked directly with high-level client executives to complete projects and deliverables
• Served as primary client contact while managing interactions with multiple clients simultaneously
• Assisted a Noteholder group in asset realizations related to C$250 million in senior debt for a Toronto-based marketing company
• Assisted a Trustee in liquidating over 12 million shares of Rio Narcea Gold Mining Ltd. common stock for one of the largest personal bankruptcies in Colorado
• Created both 13-week and five-year cash forecasts for Colorado’s Ocean Journey and assisted the stakeholders in the formulation of a joint plan of reorganization with $60 million in debt