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| Leslie Solomon, Managing Director |
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Leslie Solomon has earned a reputation as a transition specialist with more than 20 years of financial, strategic, operating and corporate development experience in a broad range of industries. She has held top management roles, developed and implemented critical growth and transition plans for companies in renewable energy, manufacturing, including fabrication, component assembly, and industrial process, software, agriculture, business services, and distribution. Leslie has unique expertise in managing and planning for businesses in their two most dynamic phases of lifecycle transition –growth and decline.
Leslie was the founder of Tencer Solomon, an investment banking firm which merged with Allomet Partners LLC. As a Principal with Allomet and a Managing Director with Nightingale & Associates, Leslie has completed over 100 client engagements, developing and implementing growth and turnaround plans, and raising debt and equity capital for privately held middle-market companies. In addition to operational turnarounds, she has been extensively involved in managing the viability of new ventures, transaction analysis, and management of risk in strategic transitions. Leslie brings expertise in product, customer and market segment profitability, organizational structures, revenue generation and cash management in uncertain environments.
During her career, Leslie has held senior financial, operating management and corporate development positions and has served as advisor to senior management, lenders, investors, directors and economic development agencies. She is currently serving as the CFO of and raising capital a virtual reality software developer which is rapidly developing the market for industrial skills training applications, and conducting an acquisition program for a group insurance wholesaler and administrator.
Leslie has been a featured speaker and author on topics ranging from, evaluation of business risk, strategic and business planning, proper use of forecasting, management of family owned businesses and turnaround tactics for the family business in crisis.
Leslie holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an AB from Smith College. She holds the Series 62 and 63 securities licenses, and the designation of Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP).
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