With more than 25 years of experience as a public company CFO and adviser to both debtors and creditors, Mr. Speer has been involved in all aspects of the reorganization process, including formulating and evaluating business plans, performance improvement and capital structure; developing turnaround strategies; preparing forecast models, location / customer / product line / business segment profitability analyses, business and asset valuations and short- and long-term cash plans.

Currently, Stan Speer is the principal of Speer & Associates LLC, a consulting firm formed to provide practical operational, financial and strategic solutions to organizations and their stakeholders primarily in distressed or underperforming situations.   Previously, Mr. Speer was has been a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Los Angeles specializing in advising and assisting boards of directors, investment groups, management groups and lenders in a wide range of turnaround, restructuring and reorganization situations.
 
Mr. Speer has led engagements spanning a variety of industries including agriculture, technology, manufacturing, retail, media and entertainment.  Notable assignments include: CRO and Transition Agent for Cocopah Nurseries Inc., a leading U.S. date palm grower,  CRO for Hecla Mining, a NYSE traded mining company,  advising a publicly traded pipe manufacturer in an out of court restructuring, advising  bank groups regarding the restructuring of a tomato processor and a nursery, advisor to a tomato grower and shipper in its Chapter 11 proceeding, leading a severe service valve manufacturer undergoing a DOJ investigation through a significant business process change and control implementation, developing a turnaround strategy for a technology company, and advising a bank group on an out-of-court restructuring and sale of a B2B media company.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Speer spent 10 years as CFO for Cadiz Inc, a publicly held real estate and water resource management company and its subsidiary, Sun World International, a fully-integrated agricultural company. Mr. Speer successfully managed Sun World through a Chapter 11 restructuring and sale process. Prior to Cadiz, Mr. Speer was a partner with a Big Five accounting firm, where he spent 14 years in the Los Angeles office specializing in business reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions.
 
Mr. Speer earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Southern California. He holds certifications as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)(inactive) and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA). Mr. Speer is a member of the Financial Executives Institute, and is a past board member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA).

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