"Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never losses faith in God."

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain." Vivian Greene

"Hire Character. Train Skill." Peter SchutzHuntwood Industries is a full-service manufacturer of premium and mass-customization designed Cabinetry; Artisan Doors & Millwork; and Commercial Casework. This three decades old entrepreneurial spirited, and closely-held family business employs over 700 workers in the U.S. & Canada operating a state-of-art & environmental pristine manufacturing facility in Liberty Lake, Washington. The vast majority of our client sales are B2B (private… Show more "Hire Character. Train Skill." Peter SchutzHuntwood Industries is a full-service manufacturer of premium and mass-customization designed Cabinetry; Artisan Doors & Millwork; and Commercial Casework. This three decades old entrepreneurial spirited, and closely-held family business employs over 700 workers in the U.S. & Canada operating a state-of-art & environmental pristine manufacturing facility in Liberty Lake, Washington. The vast majority of our client sales are B2B (private and public residential residential & commercial building contractors) both directly and thru independent sale agents. B2C customers sales are facilitated directly thru various West Coast showrooms, and National dealer network. Product menu includes world-class design services, construction, installation, shipment and post-installment service and warranty. Show less

Rockwood Capital Partners LLC “If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.” General George Patton Jr.Rockwood Capital Partners LLC is a consultancy firm engaged in structured and specialty finance. Our work is particularly targeted at special situations associated with tactical initiatives and strategic transactions. Niche focus is the lower-middle market with product offerings including but not limited to asset-based lending, purchase ordering financing… Show more Rockwood Capital Partners LLC “If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.” General George Patton Jr.Rockwood Capital Partners LLC is a consultancy firm engaged in structured and specialty finance. Our work is particularly targeted at special situations associated with tactical initiatives and strategic transactions. Niche focus is the lower-middle market with product offerings including but not limited to asset-based lending, purchase ordering financing, equipment leasing, and certain capital-markets / strategic growth advisory services. Core competency is the depth-and-breadth of middle-market finance experience coupled with a hand-picked industry strategic advisory group. Show less

"Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art." Peter DruckerDuring this period-of-time I had the good fortune to affiliate with a few of the quality boutique investment banking firms (i.e. Merriman Capital, Independent Investment Bankers Corp., Aegis Capital Corp. and GVC Capital Corp.). While all firms were smaller investment banking shops, the organizations themselves varied considerably in both size-and-structures as well as time in business, corporate headquarters, metropolitan… Show more "Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art." Peter DruckerDuring this period-of-time I had the good fortune to affiliate with a few of the quality boutique investment banking firms (i.e. Merriman Capital, Independent Investment Bankers Corp., Aegis Capital Corp. and GVC Capital Corp.). While all firms were smaller investment banking shops, the organizations themselves varied considerably in both size-and-structures as well as time in business, corporate headquarters, metropolitan cultures and industry concentration of their regional economies. Moreover, while one firm worked exclusively on M&A deals and private placements transactions with QIB’s, the remaining three firms were full service Member FINRA/SIPC dealers. My business advisory focus then, as it remains today, is to simply help owners/managers of private lower middle-market accelerate the change in organic growth rates through: (1) sufficient & prudent incremental funding as well as through; (2) the strategic transactions of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers or tactical partnership alliances. Show less

"We always plan too much and always think too little." Joseph A. SchumpeterResponsibilities included a broad range of critical work including but not limited to the: structuring of a complex multi-million financing for the company, analysis of various new business opportunities, performance monitoring and evaluation of incumbent product offerings and various internal enterprise groups, negotiation support of major new account client relationships, oversight review of financial &… Show more "We always plan too much and always think too little." Joseph A. SchumpeterResponsibilities included a broad range of critical work including but not limited to the: structuring of a complex multi-million financing for the company, analysis of various new business opportunities, performance monitoring and evaluation of incumbent product offerings and various internal enterprise groups, negotiation support of major new account client relationships, oversight review of financial & credit administration and corporate risk mitigation responsibilities (i.e. environmental and employment law) for major building products manufacturing company. Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, Hunt Mountain Resources (OTCBB: HNTM), a related party investment of the principles of Huntwood Industries. Ultimately accountable for financial controls, external disclosures and compliance certifications for publicly traded gold and silver exploration company. Geographic desperation of properties includes both North and South America. Interface with accounting personnel, outside auditors and securities attorneys. Significant time commitment allocated to global networking with investment bankers (i.e. Chicago, New York, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Geneva, Monte Carlo and Mumbai). Show less

"Bulls, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered" - TheStreetActing as a registered investment advisor provided consultative services to owners of closely-held businesses, corporate clients on employee benefit programs, and public insiders covering 144 stock transactions. Working knowledge of state-of-art investment modeling together with comprehensive financial planning tools was mandatory. Licensed in both investments (Series 7, 66, 24 & 79) and life, health and disability insurance… Show more "Bulls, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered" - TheStreetActing as a registered investment advisor provided consultative services to owners of closely-held businesses, corporate clients on employee benefit programs, and public insiders covering 144 stock transactions. Working knowledge of state-of-art investment modeling together with comprehensive financial planning tools was mandatory. Licensed in both investments (Series 7, 66, 24 & 79) and life, health and disability insurance products. Securities offered through Morgan Stanley, Member FINRA/SIPC broker-dealer. Show less

"Sound strategy starts with having the right goal." Michael PorterRecruited to bring an incumbent team of product specialists to build a de novo equipment leasing subsidiary for a small-cap publicly traded specialty finance boutique. Target market was B - C rated credits with lower to middle-market companies throughout the Western states. Range of individual fundings were $25K-$250K. Responsibilities of this 15 person venture included general management, asset-liability management… Show more "Sound strategy starts with having the right goal." Michael PorterRecruited to bring an incumbent team of product specialists to build a de novo equipment leasing subsidiary for a small-cap publicly traded specialty finance boutique. Target market was B - C rated credits with lower to middle-market companies throughout the Western states. Range of individual fundings were $25K-$250K. Responsibilities of this 15 person venture included general management, asset-liability management, bank relations, sales and marketing management. At 18 month time horizon from start-up sales pipeline opportunities were approximately $250 million. Show less

"Management by objective works if you know the objective. Ninety percent of the time you don't." Peter DruckerServed as officer of publicly traded community bank holding company as well as President of USB Leasing Co., Inc., and equipment leasing venture. Not only established business finance specialty offering for the organization, but also brought in boutique investment banking for a $5M equity round of capitalization for holding company.

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." Henry FordWith the successful privatization of the small business capital markets DTED programs and encouraged to continue the earlier work in small business finance, PrimeBank Northwest LLC was launched. The genesis or founding principles of the organization was to be concentrically focused on the financial needs of small business, its owners and its employees. In essence, a general store or one-stop… Show more "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." Henry FordWith the successful privatization of the small business capital markets DTED programs and encouraged to continue the earlier work in small business finance, PrimeBank Northwest LLC was launched. The genesis or founding principles of the organization was to be concentrically focused on the financial needs of small business, its owners and its employees. In essence, a general store or one-stop shop of financial services. The financial product menu was to be derived with both captive offerings and thru top-tier strategic partnerships. With a seed capitalization of $250K, along with and a founding board of directors and its senior management team, a Washington state commercial bank charter was obtained and along with the necessary FDIC approvals. And despite what was described by many as the “best business plan for a de novo bank they had seen” failure to reach a $15M capitalization occurred. While in retrospect there were a number of reasons (i.e. controllable and uncontrollable) which may have ultimately contributed to the inability to achieve minimum capitalization, the overriding reality was simply underestimating the sheer difficulty of raising equity capital by all parties. And thus, a great career educational experience! Show less

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief." Gerry SpenceIn an effort to gain a working knowledge of the technical intricacies in Reg. D private placements and small public offerings, a hiatus was taken from the private sector to establish (on a project basis) a breakthrough public policy office aimed at improving small business capital formation. The focus of the IOO was in developing a viable market for the Small Corporate Offering Registration (SCOR –… Show more "I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief." Gerry SpenceIn an effort to gain a working knowledge of the technical intricacies in Reg. D private placements and small public offerings, a hiatus was taken from the private sector to establish (on a project basis) a breakthrough public policy office aimed at improving small business capital formation. The focus of the IOO was in developing a viable market for the Small Corporate Offering Registration (SCOR – Form U-7), as well improving private placements thru the Washington Investment Network (WIN) program. Whereas SCOR was a state registered offering, the WIN program was designed strictly for accredited angel individual and venture capitalists. Working closely with the WA Securities Division within the Department of Financial Institutions, a number of public education seminars were delivered statewide. In addition, a specialized SCOR seminar attended by nearly forty state securities administrators was organized. The later, was coordinated with an annual SEC hearing on barriers (including regulatory) to small business capital formation. Working relationships with established with a number of NASAA members, NASDAQ and the SEC. Show less

"Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." Bob MarleyImmediately upon departing First Interstate Leasing Co. and leveraging my experience and personal capital markets relationships on the sell-side of middle-market equipment leases, a de novo West Coast office was opened for Financing for Science & Industry, Inc. (FS&I), a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Farmington, CT headquartered thrift. FS&I was a structured finance venture… Show more "Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." Bob MarleyImmediately upon departing First Interstate Leasing Co. and leveraging my experience and personal capital markets relationships on the sell-side of middle-market equipment leases, a de novo West Coast office was opened for Financing for Science & Industry, Inc. (FS&I), a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Farmington, CT headquartered thrift. FS&I was a structured finance venture focused on providing equipment financing for early and development stage technology-based ventures. Individual transactions on the single-investor leveraged lessor generally ranged from $1M - $10M. Business development activities included targeting of technology companies, along with centers of influences groups such as trade associations of SEMI and AEA along with attorneys and CPAs in major West coast capital markets. Show less

"If you want to make enemies, try to change something." Woodrow WilsonRecruited as commercial banker to head up high-technology commercial banking practice for Washington State. Subsequently established the Seattle office for First Interstate Leasing Co., a middle-market (i.e. $500K - $10M) lessor.

"It bears repeating: you don't have to be good at everything." Robert S. KaplandEmployed at a top regional bank in the Pacific Northwest. Duties and responsibilities ranged from management positions in retail banking division (i.e. dealer and branch) to senior account officer in commercial banking division.