, turn a crisis into an opportunity.
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Larry Chester
Founder and President
Larry has served as a CFO for 25 years for companies including Colovos Company, Republic Windows and Doors, United Service Companies, and High Sierra Sport Company, helping them eliminate losses and improve financial operations and reporting.
Realizing that he enjoyed the challenges of helping companies that were working their way through a crisis, he joined a bankruptcy trustee for several years, analyzing the financial condition of client companies, and managing them through those difficult times.
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ED OGORZALY
Ed is an executive with 30 years of experience leading management and strategic planning resulting in M&A deal completions and subsequent “hands-on” integration. His passion and deep experience in managing M&A transactions includes 5 deal completions in 7 years as President of a multi-channel Retail CPG manufacturer-distributor providing $104 million in new retail revenue.
Other leadership positions included CEO and CFO positions in private equity, private and public companies. One such $1 billion company grew 200% during his 5-year tenure as VP Finance N. America and Worldwide Corporate M&A.
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LARRY BOIK
Larry is an experienced Finance Executive, working primarily in manufacturing and distribution companies with between $200M and $1.5B in revenue. He has significant merger and acquisition experience coupled with business integration leadership.
His skills in international management, including commercial, operations, human resources and information technology make him a true asset to his clients. After recently adding small business ownership to his resume, he now has first-hand experience in a retail environment building a strong customer following and developing a strong team.
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KEVIN HARRIS
Kevin is a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor and member of the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers. His diverse educational background and accounting services experience benefit small businesses in all industries. Prior to founding QuickSolvers, Kevin spent two years as a Financial Analyst at a northwest suburban Chicago manufacturing company, and then served as the CFO for a residential homebuilder and general contractor in Chicago. Kevin’s diverse educational background and accounting services experience benefit small businesses in all industries.
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ALEXANDRA ZAPOROZEC
Alexandra has spent over 20 years in strategic marketing and management consulting across multiple industries in both B2B and B2C companies. This has culminated in her work as a retained recruiter who addresses a key gap in the executive search marketplace today. Building great teams is something that she views as her core competency, and something every organization needs in order to succeed. Alexandra has been so successful in developing that unique partnership with our clients, that we are able to guarantee every role we fill . . . for the life of that role.
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Gary Rubin
With over 30 years of accounting and financial expertise, Gary excels by providing advice and partnership to an organization’s CEO and Board. Gary has been consulting since 2016, Clients included CDW, Ryerson, Orion Lighting and Accretive Health. Gary coordinated the company’s internal efforts with public accountants, counsel, and investment bankers to co-lead Accretive Health’s successful $1.2 billion initial public offering on NYSE.
Beginning his career with ten years at Deloitte, a Big 4 public accounting firm, he went on to be the CFO for multiple mid-sized companies in private equity, public, and entrepreneurial environments.
