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Gerald F. "Jerry" Toth, Jr., CAA's Managing Director and President, has 30 years of diverse corporate finance, sales/marketing and general management experience. He has closed a wide range of significant financial transactions with clients in more than 75 different industries. In addition to working for large and sophisticated corporate financial services companies in both corporate commercial banking and investment banking capacities (American National Bank-Chicago, Continental Illinois National Bank-Chicago, Manufacturers Hanover-New York, Credit Du Nord-Paris, France), Mr. Toth has also bought, managed, and sold his own industrial specialty chemicals distribution company. He is intimately familiar with the issues and challenges of running, selling, and financing middle market businesses.

From his interaction with sophisticated investment bankers, accounting firms, buyout groups, venture capitalists, and business valuation consultants on large corporate finance transactions in the 1980's and early 1990's, Mr. Toth could see that there was a significant opportunity to provide the same level of transaction sophistication and professionalism to smaller companies that is readily available to large corporations. This is what led Mr. Toth to form Capital & Acquisition Advisors, Inc., in 1995. Mr. Toth received his BS (Economics) from Villanova University in 1968, his MBA from Cornell University in 1973, and was an officer in the US Navy from 1968 to 1971. Mr. Toth is an active member of MBBI (Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries Association).

 

Joe Olson, Special Industry Advisor for M&A transactions in the pipe/tube manufacturing and roll-forming industry, has more than 40 years of in-depth industry experience. Mr. Olson is the former owner of Chicago Roll Company, which was a major manufacturer of rollers used in the industry, and grew that company to over $20 million in sales over a 15-year timeframe. Currently Mr. Olson is CEO of Roll Machining Technologies & Solutions, which is a manufacturer of highly engineered rollers and tooling sold worldwide. An acknowledged expert well-known throughout the entire pipe, tube and roll-forming industry, Mr. Olson has also published more than 25 industry-related articles. He has received numerous industry awards not only for his published technical articles, but also for his speaking skills and leadership in continuing-education programs within the industry. Mr. Olson is a past president of the American Tube Association and currently sits on the Board of Directors of both the International Tube Association and a Chicago area bank.

 

John F. Hart, Special Industry Advisor to CAS, has 30 years of diverse experience in the industrial / specialty chemical industry. Mr. Hart is skilled in corporate management and finance, strategic development, sales / marketing, manufacturing, and engineering project management. More specifically, Mr. Hart has had significant domestic sales and general management experience with such companies as: Cooper Energy Services (previously White Motor), Magnum Metals & Minerals, and, most recently, with HA International (a subsidiary Of Borden Chemical, Inc.). Mr. Hart's diverse experience with the global chemical industry developed while working for Ashland Chemical Company (a subsidiary of Ashland Oil), where he served in various management capacities for 16 years. His management experience with Ashland included seven years as Manager of International Operations & Licensing, three years as Director of Licensing, and three years as Vice President and General Manager of Ashland Chemical's subsidiary in Italy. During his tenure Mr. Hart managed international operations, which included 13 manufacturing locations and 18 administrative and sales offices. He also has established joint ventures and/or licensing agreements in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and the former USSR, as well as licensing technology in the US market.

Currently Mr. Hart is President/CEO of Chemtech Services, Inc., which, under the trade name "UIC Short Path Distillation Services" designs and manufactures chemical distillation systems and equipment, as well as providing distillation / recycling / chemical processing services at its plant location in Joliet, Illinois. Mr. Hart received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Ohio State University in 1974 and is active in numerous chemical industry trade associations.

 

Mort E. Oman, in a career spanning some 50 years, has been deeply involved in a variety of businesses. His experience has contributed to his understanding of the food (production, sales and distribution), accounting, hotel and hospitality, real estate brokerage, investment and financing industries.

From 1948 through 1960 Mr. Oman held various management positions with the Sherman-Ambassador Hotels Corporation and served as Managing Director of Paramount Management Company, both in Chicago. In 1961, he co-founded the firm of Oman Associates, Inc., to become involved in the sale and management of investment real estate. By the 1980's, Oman Associates had approximately 2,200 rental, commercial and condominium units under management throughout the Chicagoland area. Mr. Oman also was a co-founder of Investors IV (a strategic alliance with four Chicago Real Estate Board member firms), which expanded into real estate equity partnerships. By the early 1990's, all of Investor IV's properties were profitably sold and the partnerships were closed out.

In 1994, Mr. Oman (and Oman Associates) became associated with Epic/Savage Realty Partners / TCN Worldwide, where he is involved in the sale and leasing of industrial properties, 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, and limited partnership equity investments. Mr. Oman received a BS (Management) from Michigan State University in 1948 following his military service in WWII (US Army 1943-1946). Mr. Oman is an active member of MBBI (Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries Association).

 

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