Tim has performed extensive forensic reviews at major clients resulting in significant recoveries for the affected lenders.  He has also performed wind downs and liquidations both in and out of bankruptcy in varied industries, including transportation, financial services, health and beauty aides, painting, and automotive parts, producing positive results for affected lenders and stakeholders.

Additionally, Tim has performed extensive services in Chapter 11 cases, including pursuit of avoidance actions and claims negotiation with significant results.

Tim has been affiliated with RAS Management for over 15 years. Prior to joining us, he spent five years holding various In-House Counsel positions at a major NYSE electronics firm in Texas and Arizona.  Tim is an attorney, licensed to practice in Massachusetts and a graduate of Boston College and New England School of Law/Boston, he resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dick has been providing management advisory services to a wide range of clients for more than 30 years since graduating with honors from Northeastern University. Following six years as a Big Four CPA he spent 15 years in senior management positions with Fortune 500 and privately held companies before launching RAS Management Advisors, Inc. in 1989. Dick resides in Rhode Island.

His experience with more than 290 entities from $3 million to $2 billion in sales has provided exposure to the full-range of business challenges and opportunities faced by most distressed companies. Extensive contacts in the national banking and investment communities provide a large pool of financing and equity alternatives to troubled or growing companies.

Dick also has extensive experience in the negotiation of sale and merger transactions as well as debt restructuring, Chapter 11 management and reorganizations.

Tim is a CPA (inactive), is fluent in German and holds a BSBA in Accounting from the University of Houston.  He has acted as the Chief Restructuring Officer, CEO, Interim CFO and/or the Restructuring Advisor in many industries both in and outside of Chapter 11.  Since joining RAS in 2000, Tim has worked on more than 160 assignments.  He has extensive experience in negotiating the sale of divisions and whole companies in complex transactions both in the U.S. and Europe, and he has also performed extensive due diligence reviews for financial institutions. He's also led the development of new systems and controls at many clients as well as directing the integration of business operations resulting from acquisitions / mergers.  Many of these assignments have included advising on downsizing activities, including the closure of plants and/or other operations as well as the restructuring and repositioning of clients within their industries.

Tim is based in Huntsville, Alabama and started his career with a major international accounting firm where he spent 8 years, including 3 in Germany, during which time he was heavily involved in advising on acquisitions and in deal negotiations across Europe. Subsequent to his public accounting career he was a CEO and CFO of companies in food distribution and electronics manufacturing services.