Stuart H. Kessler
President
Mr. Kessler is a founding partner and President of Clear Thinking Group LLC. As a consultant for nineteen years, he has been engaged by numerous companies needing assistance with strategic, financial and operating alternatives. As part of these engagements, Mr. Kessler has served as…
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Lee A. Diercks
Partner
Lee Diercks is a Founding Partner of Clear Thinking Group LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business/Marketing from St. Thomas University, and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Impac University. He is a business executive with over 40 years of…
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Amir Zfira
Partner
Mr. Zfira has over twenty years of experience advising businesses in the consumer product wholesale / manufacturing, retail, and service industries. His expertise includes working with consumer product companies: apparel and accessories, recreational/sporting goods, electronics, giftware, home goods and beauty products, as well as…
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Joseph Marchese
Partner
Mr. Marchese has over twenty years of experience consulting in the accounting and financial operations arena. His expertise includes all areas of business planning, cash management and financial reporting. In addition, his background in financial operations allows him to evaluate a client’s accounting practices…
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Michael Wesley
Partner
Mr. Wesley has over 20 years of consulting and management experience within the consumer product manufacturing and retail industries. He has worked in all areas of operations including manufacturing, supply chain, warehousing/distribution, inventory management, planning/allocation, finance, and IT. As a consultant, Mr. Wesley has…
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Patrick Diercks
Partner
Mr. Diercks has over 15 years of experience as a consultant in the turnaround/restructuring arena dealing primarily with companies in consumer product manufacturing/distribution and retail. He has participated in numerous assignments related to cash management and operational performance improvement. He has been retained to…
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Brian Allen
Partner
Mr. Allen has over twenty-five years of experience serving in senior finance positions with both public and private companies. As a consultant for the past thirteen years, Mr. Allen has been engaged by numerous companies in the consumer product, retail, and manufacturing industries to…
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Mark Fagnani
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Fagnani has more than 30 years of hands-on experience working with large bank groups, private equity sponsors, turnarounds, workouts and insolvencies. Over the course of his lending career, Mr. Fagnani has worked with companies in a multitude of industries including steel and aluminum,…
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D. Kipp Fagerstrom
Senior Managing Director
Mr. Fagerstrom is a senior financial executive with more than 20 years of experience assisting financially distressed entities through all phases of the restructuring and bankruptcy process. He has prepared, negotiated, and implemented debt restructuring and asset sale programs, turnarounds, structured settlements, prepackaged plans,…
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Gennady Spivak
Managing Director
Mr. Spivak is an accomplished restructuring professional with over 15 years of experience. His expertise includes bankruptcy and insolvency, financial analysis, forensic accounting, fraud investigation, litigation support and wind down management. Prior to joining Clear Thinking Group, Mr. Spivak was a Senior Manager in…
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