Rick Sanfratello Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Fair value valuations for financial reporting (i.e., purchase price allocations, portfolio and fund valuations, equity-based compensation valuations, and indefinite and long-lived intangible asset impairment testing), employee stock ownership plans and/or corporate and shareholder fair market value engagements for clients nationwide.

• Assist business owners and entrepreneurs who are looking for an exit strategy to find buyers for their business, at no cost to the business owner. Gottesman Company has over 1,000 registered buyers. • Work with strategic buyers, including both private and public companies, equity groups and operating companies, as well as financial groups who back management in the acquisition of good companies. • Partner with cooperating intermediaries such as M&A firms, investment bankers and other business brokers to help them find buyers for their sellers, in confidence, without sharing a seller’s fee, because we work on behalf of our registered buyers who pay us a buyer’s fee.

Chicago, Il

• Spearheaded the creation of a business valuation and mergers and acquisition (M&A) advisory firm servicing small and medium businesses in the Midwest, providing financial advisory support to local business owners and private equity groups in their transaction and financial reporting efforts.• Sourced and managed multiple valuation engagements for financial reporting and litigation support services while simultaneously growing the Sanfratello Insurance Agency.• Achieved retainment by Schiff Lardin LP, receiving organizational designation as an expert witness in the successful defense of a valuation dispute for Bank One, a trustee of the disputed estate.• Sourced and developed an Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) 805 valuation engagement for May River Capital LLC, assisting the client in the identification and valuation of intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the successful acquisition of Hi-Tech Manufacturing LLC.• Developed a fair market valuation analysis for a Chicago electric boat rental company in compliance with IRS Revenue Ruling 59-60 guidelines, driving the buyout of a 50% ownership interest in the capital stock of the business which negated the need for any litigation between buyer and seller in this transaction.

Chicago, Il

• Leveraged exceptional attention to detail combined with strong time and task management skills to oversee multiple competing projects, leading a team of up to eight associates through consulting activities in accordance with Deloitte FAS standards and regulations.• Applied strong client management skills to develop robust relationships with Verasun and US Bioenergy that singlehandedly generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual fixed fees.• Consulted Kansas State University on the development and standardization of an athletic donor program, enabling the successful integration of the program at other universities across the United States.• Achieved an outstanding performance award for serving as a Deloitte Preservation Analyst at BP’s Incident Crisis Centers throughout the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis of 2010, coordinating cross-functionally with external contractors to collect defensive data for utilization in litigation support.

Chicago, Il

Chicago, Il

• Managed a team of up to three business valuation associates and interns, providing strategic guidance in the completion of multiple valuation and corporate finance projects in the Chicago office. • Established robust client relationships with three prestigious law firms — Gardner, Carton and Douglas, and Schiff Hardin — in the Chicago market, facilitating the sale of three business valuation projects to Schiff Hardin’s clients that generated significant incremental revenue for the firm.• Spearheaded the creation and implementation of an internship program with the University of Illinois at Chicago, successfully developing two interns to achieve promotion into full-time employees.

Alsip, Il

• Leveraged turnaround strategy expertise to revitalize the stalled organization, building critical financial infrastructures that drove significant revenue generation across the enterprise.• Instituted a series of talent acquisition initiatives that drove a 300% increase in organizational personnel, ensuring appropriate levels of staff coverage to meet the rapidly rising demands of company projects.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Entrepreneurship & Corporate Finance

Bs, Finance

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Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance, General

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Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance