Chris Felderman

Sure. Thanks, Scott. It's great to be here. As you said earlier, my name is Chris Felderman. I'm a senior managing director here at Palmtree. I lead our Chicago office and I oversee the operations of the firm's consulting practice. Palm Tree, we like to consider ourselves the modern M&A and operations advisory firm.

Sure. Thanks, Scott. It's great to be here. As you said earlier, my name is Chris Felderman. I'm a senior managing director here at Palmtree. I lead our Chicago office and I oversee the operations of the firm's consulting practice. Palm Tree, we like to consider ourselves the modern M&A and operations advisory firm.

Sure. Thanks, Scott. It's great to be here. As you said earlier, my name is Chris Felderman. I'm a senior managing director here at Palmtree. I lead our Chicago office and I oversee the operations of the firm's consulting practice. Palm Tree, we like to consider ourselves the modern M&A and operations advisory firm.

And our primary objective, especially of our consulting offering, is to provide perspectives on financial and operational data to enable buyers and sellers to make more informed decisions to drive value creation. We typically provide support, well, we can provide support across the entire investment lifecycle.

And our primary objective, especially of our consulting offering, is to provide perspectives on financial and operational data to enable buyers and sellers to make more informed decisions to drive value creation. We typically provide support, well, we can provide support across the entire investment lifecycle.

And our primary objective, especially of our consulting offering, is to provide perspectives on financial and operational data to enable buyers and sellers to make more informed decisions to drive value creation. We typically provide support, well, we can provide support across the entire investment lifecycle.

Pre-transaction, our offerings include financial and operational due diligence, so think quality of earnings. We also provide pre-closed accounting and finance operations diagnostics around the people, process, and systems, as well as data and analytics assessments.

Pre-transaction, our offerings include financial and operational due diligence, so think quality of earnings. We also provide pre-closed accounting and finance operations diagnostics around the people, process, and systems, as well as data and analytics assessments.

Pre-transaction, our offerings include financial and operational due diligence, so think quality of earnings. We also provide pre-closed accounting and finance operations diagnostics around the people, process, and systems, as well as data and analytics assessments.

And post-close, our transitional offerings are generally focused around the things that companies taking on institutional capital for the first time typically have not focused on, which includes accounting and finance support, enhancing that and optimizing the financial reporting process, cash management, networking capital management, improved process documentation, and even interim support such as CFO, VP of Finance, or Director of FP&A and the like.

And post-close, our transitional offerings are generally focused around the things that companies taking on institutional capital for the first time typically have not focused on, which includes accounting and finance support, enhancing that and optimizing the financial reporting process, cash management, networking capital management, improved process documentation, and even interim support such as CFO, VP of Finance, or Director of FP&A and the like.

And post-close, our transitional offerings are generally focused around the things that companies taking on institutional capital for the first time typically have not focused on, which includes accounting and finance support, enhancing that and optimizing the financial reporting process, cash management, networking capital management, improved process documentation, and even interim support such as CFO, VP of Finance, or Director of FP&A and the like.

And on the performance improvement and value creation side, we offer solutions like auto preparedness, financial forecasting, and budgeting enhancements. data and analytics improvements and implementations, as well as operational assessments and improvements that provide true value creation and enhance enterprise value. And we do this through a solution.

And on the performance improvement and value creation side, we offer solutions like auto preparedness, financial forecasting, and budgeting enhancements. data and analytics improvements and implementations, as well as operational assessments and improvements that provide true value creation and enhance enterprise value. And we do this through a solution.

And on the performance improvement and value creation side, we offer solutions like auto preparedness, financial forecasting, and budgeting enhancements. data and analytics improvements and implementations, as well as operational assessments and improvements that provide true value creation and enhance enterprise value. And we do this through a solution.

We offer these solutions through a bench of nearly 100 professionals across our four main offices in L.A., Chicago, Detroit and Dallas, many of which have prior big four corporate finance or investment banking experience.

We offer these solutions through a bench of nearly 100 professionals across our four main offices in L.A., Chicago, Detroit and Dallas, many of which have prior big four corporate finance or investment banking experience.

We offer these solutions through a bench of nearly 100 professionals across our four main offices in L.A., Chicago, Detroit and Dallas, many of which have prior big four corporate finance or investment banking experience.

Yeah, I think it's especially important for private equity-backed portfolio companies that, you know, whether they're purchasing raw materials on an import basis or whether they are, you know, manufacturing overseas and need to bring that product back to the back state side. I think now is a time to really assess what the costs of those imports are doing. And I think

Yeah, I think it's especially important for private equity-backed portfolio companies that, you know, whether they're purchasing raw materials on an import basis or whether they are, you know, manufacturing overseas and need to bring that product back to the back state side. I think now is a time to really assess what the costs of those imports are doing. And I think