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Senior Vice President

Phone: (312) 683-3653
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Responsibilities at
Fort Dearborn

Bill has 30 years of diverse financial, managerial and operational experience in high-growth, consolidating industries. He brings this wealth of experience to the firm’s clients and leads and co-leads transaction teams and markets FDA’s capabilities.

Advisory Experience

Bill has been instrumental in over 300 acquisitions, start-ups, divestitures and turnarounds. He has worked as a consultant and at all levels of corporate management both domestically and abroad.

Past Affiliations and Civic Memberships

Prior to joining Fort Dearborn in 1997, Bill was a co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of Delivery Management, Inc. a courier industry consolidator. Before DMI, Bill was a principal in a successful consulting firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, financial, investment, turnaround and strategic planning as well as other management advisory services.

Bill also previously served as Chief Financial Officer for the Midwest operations of American Medical Response, a national ambulance and emergency response service, where he was responsible for the company’s aggressive acquisitions program including post-acquisition integration. Bill began his career at Waste Management, Inc., helping to guide the company’s earliest stages of development to a billion dollar conglomerate. During his 18 years at WMI, Bill held increasingly responsible managerial positions, ultimately serving as Chief Financial Officer of a $1.5 billion, 13 state operating group.

Industry Expertise

Bill has served clients in a broad range of industries and currently focuses on serving clients in FDA’s Special Situations Group where he is one of the group’s co-leaders.

Academic Credentials

Bill earned a BS in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and is a CPA and member of the AICPA and the Illinois CPA Society.