Kenneth A. Csaplar

President

Experience Summary

Mr. Csaplar serves as President and Managing Director of BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC). Before founding BDO Capital’s Boston office, Mr. Csaplar co-managed Arthur Andersen's New England Corporate Finance Group. Prior to joining Andersen, he founded and ran Fleet Financial Group's mergers and acquisitions group and was responsible for sourcing and closing transactions in Fleet's eight-state geographical foot print. While at Fleet, Mr. Csaplar's primary focus was working with and advising owners of privately owned middle-market companies implementing liquidity events including sell-side transactions, leveraged recapitalizations, ESOPs, special dividends and capital raises.

Prior to joining Fleet, Mr. Csaplar was employed at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in overseeing the Boston office's Corporate Finance activities. During his 13 year tenure at BBH & Co., he negotiated and closed mergers and acquisitions transactions including stock and asset sales of middle market and closely held public companies. In addition to his corporate finance skill-sets, Mr. Csaplar has valued corporate common and preferred stock, has been a panelist in numerous seminars and has sat on the board of directors of a number of public and private companies.

Before joining Brown Brothers, Mr. Csaplar was employed as an investment banker at Lepercq Capital Corp. in New York City structuring sale lease-back transactions for large real estate projects with equity interests sold through Drexel Burnham Lambert, Merrill Lynch Capital and Paine Webber Securities.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Csaplar is qualified as a General Securities Representative and a General Securities Principal.

Education

M.B.A., Cornell University
M.S., Taxation, Bentley College
B.A., University of Pennsylvania

Scott Krueger

Chief Operating Officer

Experience Summary

Mr. Krueger serves as Chief Operating Officer for BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC). He has fifteen years of experience in financial operations and is responsible for the financial planning, reporting and general operations for BDO Capital Advisors.

Mr. Krueger began his career at The Walt Disney Company in the corporate financial planning and analysis department. He has since held highly visible financial planning and operations positions with other Fortune 100 companies such as The Coca-Cola Company and Ingram Micro. Mr. Krueger joined BDO from RSM EquiCo where he was an integral part of the executive management team providing analysis and insight as related to the financial planning function for the company.

John has been a frequent speaker on the topic of accounting for income taxes for organizations such as the Tax Executives Institute, American Petroleum Institute, and the Council for International Tax Education. He has also taught courses for his former firm’s national training including FAS 109, international tax, consolidated tax returns, new senior manager training, and various other courses.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Krueger is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI).

Education

M.B.A., Pepperdine University
B.S., Finance, University of Southern California

Patrick Nguyen

Vice President

Experience Summary

Mr. Nguyen is a Vice President in BDO's Special Situations practice and has over 10 years of experience working with troubled and distressed companies. Mr. Nguyen's special situation experiences include advising clients in M&A, divestitures, debt restructurings (both in and out of court), loan workouts, bankruptcies and corporate turnarounds. He has advised troubled companies, secured lenders, financial sponsors, unsecured lenders, and unsecured creditors' committees in the telecommunication, bakery, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale distribution industries.

Most recently, Mr. Nguyen managed the expedited sale of Dial-A-Mattress in a §363 sale which resulted in a recovery of 85% to the unsecured creditors. Mr. Nguyen has also served in interim management and officer roles for client organizations during the restructuring process including Interstate Bakeries Corporation, the largest wholesale bread and cake distributor in the United States and the home of two American icons: Twinkies and Wonder Bread.

Prior to joining our firm Mr. Nguyen worked in the Restructuring and Turnaround Group at Alvarez & Marsal, LLC. Previous to that he worked as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton.

Education

M.B.A., Cornell University
B.S., Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Key Clients

Westfield Steel, Reader’s Digest, Dial-A-Mattress, Zanios Food, Cardiac Management Systems, Freedom Communications, Bag 'n Baggage, Against All Odds, CFM US, JHT Holdings, Interstate Bakeries, Quaker Fabrics, and Home Décor.

Jeffrey R. Manning

Managing Director

Experience Summary

Mr. Manning is a managing director and group head of BDO’s special situations practice. With 29 years of professional experience, he has been active across the special situations market since 1983, with activity in investment banking, loan workout, operating restructuring, value investing, bankruptcy advising, and loan trading.

Prior to joining BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC), Mr. Manning was the Chief Executive Officer of FTI Capital Advisors, the wholly-owned investment banking subsidiary of FTI Consulting. Mr. Manning has also led the special situations practice at other Wall Street firms, including Legg Mason Wood Walker and Rodman & Renshaw. He started the Global Bank Debt trading at Schroder Wertheim. Mr. Manning moved to Wall Street in 1992 at S.N. Phelps & Co., a well-known Greenwich, CT based "vulture investor.” Mr. Manning began his career in 1981 with Manufacturers Hanover Trust, where he moved to “special loans” in 1983, and then did operating restructuring work for Dun & Bradstreet from 1987 to 1992.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Manning is qualified as a General Securities Representative and as a General Securities Principal. He also holds the Certified Turnaround Professional designation.

Mr. Manning is a frequent speaker at industry and university events and authored a chapter for the Thomas Rueters / Aspatore book Inside the Minds: The Industries Most at Risk in Bankruptcy Legal and Financial Experts on What to Expect, Avoiding Financial Trouble, and Thoughts on the Future. Jeff’s chapter is entitled "Saving Technology and Service Companies from Chapter 11."

Education

M.B.A., Columbia University
B.A., Yale University

Key Clients

Freedom Communications, Reader’s Digest, Dial-A-Mattress, Health Diagnostics, SIRVA, American Home Mortgage, Harvey Electronics, CFM US, Avado Brands, Tweeter, Broadview Networks, Arcadia Healthcare, Seitel, Corban Communications, Cannondale, Devon Mobile Communications, Standard Automotive Corporation, USA Floral Product, National Record Mart.

BDO Capital Retail & Consumer Product Newsletter - Q2 2010

Kevin Sendlenski

Senior Vice President

Experience Summary

Mr. Sendlenski is a Senior Vice President in the Boston office of BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC). Mr. Sendlenski has more than 10 years of investment banking experience with a particular focus on advising corporations on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged recapitalizations and ESOP transactions as well as raising debt and equity capital for growth-related institutions. In addition to maintaining relationships with hundreds of middle-market private equity firms, Mr. Sendlenski has been invited to participate on leveraged recapitalization panels to discuss financing, the deal process, negotiating employment agreements and how entrepreneurs can effectively work with private equity firms.

Prior to joining Trenwith Securities, Mr. Sendlenski worked in the technology investment banking group of Alex. Brown and Deutsche Bank Securities. During his time at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Sendlenski worked on public and private capital raises and merger and acquisition transactions for clients such as Accenture, Lucent, NEC and Adtran.

Mr. Sendlenski has been selected as one of the Top 40 Investment Bankers Under Age 40 by Investment Dealers’ Digest.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Sendlenski is qualified as a General Securities Representative.

Education

B.A., Economics, Williams College

Valentina Midura

Managing Director

Experience Summary

Ms. Midura is the head of BDO Capital Advisors' Technology Industry practice and has more than 13 years of investment banking experience. In addition to overseeing this industry vertical for BDO Capital Advisors, she also is primarily responsible for maintaining BDO Capital Advisors' relationships with the private equity community. Ms. Midura is a specialist in numerous transaction structures and processes including leveraged recapitalizations, the "auction sale" and a variety of other going to market techniques and deal structures. Ms. Midura has authored numerous industry and process related articles and routinely participates in speaking engagements, presentations and industry symposiums. Her transaction resume includes the successful sale of over 30 companies with total client consideration value approaching $1 billion.

Prior to joining BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC), Ms. Midura served as a Director in the investment banking division of Andersen Global Corporate Finance, LLP, joining that group in 1998. While at Andersen's Boston office she was a key architect in the firm's investment banking technology go to market strategy and a contributor to the firm's growth across a variety of technology sectors including software, hardware and IT services. In addition to technology, Ms. Midura specializes in analyzing and processing value-enhancing liquidity alternatives for companies across a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, distribution, consumer products and business services. Ms. Midura began her career with Andersen, LLP providing global business consulting and regulatory advisory services to companies within the public and private sectors.

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Ms. Midura is qualified as a General Securities Representative and is a Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Midura is also a member of The Commonwealth Institute and ACG.

Education

B.S., Whittemore School of Business, University of New Hampshire

Key Clients

Freedom Communications, Reader’s Digest, Dial-A-Mattress, Health Diagnostics, SIRVA, American Home Mortgage, Harvey Electronics, CFM US, Avado Brands, Tweeter, Broadview Networks, Arcadia Healthcare, Seitel, Corban Communications, Cannondale, Devon Mobile Communications, Standard Automotive Corporation, USA Floral Product, National Record Mart.

BDO Capital Tech Newsletter - Q1 2010

Harrison L. Price

Managing Director

Experience Summary

Mr. Price serves as Managing Director for BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC). He has 19 years of M&A advisory and institutional private finance experience. Mr. Price's background includes extensive buy-side and sell-side deal management for both private and public company clients. He has completed over 60 financial advisory engagements spanning most major industry groups. He has arranged private capital transactions totaling $1.1 billion with institutional debt and equity sources. Mr. Price has testified in federal court as an expert on a variety of distressed M&A matters including the valuation of distressed businesses, the adequacy of due diligence efforts, and the effectiveness of the marketing processes used for selling bankrupt companies.

Mr. Price's distressed situation experience includes completing both acquisitions and divestitures of companies in Chapter 11. He has testified as an expert witness in bankruptcy court, served as the financial advisor to bankrupt businesses, and raised capital for distressed companies. He has also served as financial advisor to unsecured creditors' committees. Before joining Brown Brothers, Mr. Csaplar was employed as an investment banker at Lepercq Capital Corp. in New York City structuring sale lease-back transactions for large real estate projects with equity interests sold through Drexel Burnham Lambert, Merrill Lynch Capital and Paine Webber Securities.

During his career Mr. Price has provided both M&A services and financing services, including capital solicitation, structure, and placement. He has worked on a wide variety of transactions including private offerings of debt and equity, debt restructurings, corporate acquisitions by private investors, and sales and acquisitions of public and private companies. He has particular industry expertise in the retail, automotive, and healthcare industries.

Mr. Price has structured and financed numerous transactions involving non-bankrupt distressed companies. Some of his recent transactions include arranging $866m of senior and junior debt for a $2 billion public specialty retailer; advising a $370m manufacturer of food-grade specialty chemicals during its downsizing and financial restructuring; and representing a $40m manufacturer of casual travel gear which was in default to its senior lender, in restructuring its credit facility.

Prior to joining our firm Mr. Price was a Managing Director in the Restructuring and Turnaround Group at Stout Risius Ross, Inc. Previous to that he headed the M&A and capital markets groups for both XRoads Solutions Group, LLC, a national restructuring and turnaround firm, and for KPMG Corporate Finance LLC's Southwest Region, which provided these services to non distressed private companies.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Price is a member of TMA and ACG.

Education

J.D., B.S., Economics, University of North Carolina

Douglas R. Wulffleff

Senior Managing Director

Experience Summary

Mr. Wulffleff serves as Senior Managing Director of Global Banking for BDO Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Trenwith Securities, LLC). He is responsible for the delivery of merger and acquisition advisory services to middle market, large private and multinational clients worldwide.

Mr. Wulffleff has more than 25 years of experience as a financial advisor to clients across numerous industries including construction, financial institutions, food, electronics, publishing, pharmaceuticals, communications, chemicals, retail, information technology and consumer durables, and he has led transaction teams in over 20 countries.

Mr. Wulffleff joined BDO in 2002. He has previous experience with BT Securities Corporation, the merchant banking group of Bankers Trust New York where he advised on middle-market mergers and acquisitions on a global basis and all types of financings, and with the Corporate Finance practices of Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen LLP.

Professional Affiliations

Mr. Wulffleff is qualified as a General Securities Representative and a General Securities Principal.

Education

M.B.A., Adelphi University
Colgate University

Key Clients

ABB Inc., AEP Industries, American General, Digital Equipment Corporation, European American Bank, Dover Corporation, DynCorp, Carlisle Companies, Cooper Industries, Compaq Computer, Eastman Kodak Company, General Electric Company, General Signal Corporation, General des Eaux (now Vivendi), Hewlett Packard Company, Linamar Corporation, RPM International, and VWR International.

Kirby B. Wilkerson

Vice President

Experience Summary

Mr. Wilkerson is a Vice President for BDO Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Wilkerson has over 10 years of investment banking experience and has completed a wide variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate advisory assignments, leveraged / management buyouts, recapitalizations, private debt financings, and bank financings for both public and private companies. In addition, Mr. Wilkerson maintains close relationships with a broad network of private equity firms.

Prior to joining BDO Capital Advisors, Mr. Wilkerson worked in the Basic Materials & Construction Services Group at Stephens Inc. providing M&A advisory and capital-raising services for public and private companies in the building products, construction services, and industrial manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining Stephens, Mr. Wilkerson worked for McGladrey Capital Markets LLC. Mr. Wilkerson began his career in the Southwest Corporate Finance Group of Banc of America Securities and its predecessor firm, NationsBanc Montgomery Securities.

Education

M.B.A., University of Southern California
B.B.A., Southern Methodist University