Tommy M.Onich CTP

Tommy M.Onich CTP

** ****** ***** **, 905-***-****

St.Catharines, Ont., ******@*******.***

L2S 3R9

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SUMMARY

A Certified Turnaround Professional with over fifteen years of progressive experience in reorganization and restructuring. Result focused with strategic vision, exceptional team building skills and background encompassing:

• Statutory Restructuring • Performance Management

• Cash Flow Management • Corporate Strategy / Business Planning

• Creditor Negotiations • Organizational Assessment

• Management Assessment • Corporate Due Diligence

Innovative driver and facilitator of change initiatives, skilled in multitasking, relationship building and managing performance. An entrepreneur who singularly created a viable consulting practice in Canada and the United States.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Successfully practiced as an independent turnaround professional for fifteen years. Currently President and owner of TCMI ( Can) www.turnaroundinternational.com and a co-founder and managing director of TCMI (US) www.tcmius.com

• Have successfully managed assignments in both the United States and Canada across a broad range of business sectors. These include garment embroidery/manufacturing, yacht building, frozen foods, commercial baking, retail franchises, agricultural equipment sales, and health care (US).

• These assignments included serving the client organization as CRO, CEO and CFO. They also include late decline, informal restructuring and work with Chapter 11, BIA, CCAA.

• Through years of hands on experience have accrued knowledge and skill sets specific to turnaround and crisis management. These include litigation support, the fundamental turnaround or liquidation decision, the nature of decision making in distress, cash management in a crisis, and negotiating successfully with various stakeholders in difficult circumstances.

• This knowledge has generated both procedures and methodologies for turnaround and crisis management that have been published in various articles in The Secured Lender, The Journal, Commercial Lending Review and The Provider.

• Acted as the sole architect in the development of TCMI. In this process have formed contacts and relationships with Attorneys and Lenders in Toronto, Missisauga, Buffalo and Rochester.

EDUCATION

NORTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, Massachusetts, United States&

Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals

Certified Turnaround Professional (C. T. P.) 2000 - 2001

• Administered by the Turnaround Management Association there are

now only about 450 CTP in the world. Second Canadian to attain designation

BROCK UNIVERSITY, St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Bachelor of Business Administration (B. B. A.), Honors Finance 1982 – 1985

• Completed 4 year program in 3 years while

maintaining Honors standing

GENERAL

• Active member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) www.turnaround.org

In addition to being an association of turnaround professionals the TMA also provides confirmation of the CTP designation on its web site.

• Also a member of the International Association of Restructuring and Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL) a worldwide federation of national associations for corporate renewal.

• Fully mobile and will travel extensively

PUBLICATIONS

Cross-Border Restructuring: Statutory Requirements in Canada; The Journal of Corporate Renewal, Vol. 16/No.5, May 2003 (http://www.turnaround.org)

Strategic Decisions in a Distressed Organization: The Secured Lender Mar/April 2006 (http://www.cfa.com)

The Anatomy of a Turnaround (co-author) The Provider Jan 07 (www.ahca.org)

The Role of the Chief Restructuring Officer the Commercial Lending Review March/ April 08

(www.commerciallendingreview.com)

Action Steps for Distressed Organizations: A Turnaround Managers View the Commercial Lending Review Sept 08

Leadership in the Distressed Organization the Commercial Lending Review for: summer 09

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