Ben Gonzalez

Background

About Ben Gonzalez

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, INVESTMENT BANKING, AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT • Experienced senior executive with a demonstrated history of success, including advising start-up, middle-market, and major global businesses. Positions held include: president, chief financial officer, senior advisor, and board member; P&L and financial management responsibility; board experience. • Skilled and experienced in restructuring, bankruptcy, crisis management, corporate finance, debt and equity issuance, sell-side M&A, financial modeling, strategic planning and budgeting, international business, business development, and fundraising. • Provided instruction and training support to Pillars of Wall Street, a specialized financial modeling and corporate finance training organization; taught financial modeling. RESTRUCTURING, INVESTMENT BANKING, AND CORPORATE ADVISORY • Advised distressed companies and their stakeholders on financial restructuring alternatives. • Recommended and structured credit vehicles and acquisition of distressed assets; closed on more than $1.0 billion in complex hybrid credit and equity transactions. • Responsible for all aspects of M&A execution, including developing strategic alternatives, underlying business plan and financial models, board presentations, due diligence, descriptive memoranda, data rooms, and legal documentation. • Responsible for business and infrastructure development, business generation, and marketing of new U.S. restructuring practices for major firms; influenced strategic direction and target market for practices. • Prepared and responded, including oral presentations, to noteworthy government RFPs. • Extensive experience working with various IT and ERM systems. • Taught financial modeling to new analysts, utilizing Excel and Capital IQ. • Responsible for MBA recruiting, mentorship, national training, and staff development.