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An expert in Lean Enterprise practices, Rob Carringer has consulted with more than 200 companies throughout North America and Europe over the last 20 years. He has helped numerous companies, in crisis situations and not, improve operations, grow revenue, drive EBITDA and enhance working capital productivity in various industries, including:

Some of his roles and accomplishments include:

• Operated a chain of 135 convenience stores with $60 million in secured debt, where he filed for Chapter 11 proceedings and successfully sold operations through a 363 auction
• Interim chief financial officer (CFO)/chief restructuring officer (CRO) of a $105 million consumer products company with 300 employees and operations in three states
• CRO/chief operating officer (COO) of a $100 million manufacturer of store fixtures, where he restructured operations, removing $12 million in annual fixed costs
• Chief executive officer (CEO) of a $110 million gpy ethanol producer where he prepared the Company for a filing and sale process
• Chapter 11 trustee for an e-mail marketing company and for an ethanol producer, where he conducted sale processes
• Managed the analysis, bankruptcy preparation and DIP financing for a public $135 million pharmacy chain
• Advised a $325 million LTL trucking company through a liquidity crisis and debt renegotiation
• CRO of a media company where he managed an Article 9 foreclosure and sale process to a successful closing
• Advised a bio-diesel and ethanol business through its involuntary bankruptcy proceedings, including $75 million of debt restructuring
• Advised a 37-store retailer of office supply products through store and organization rightsizing, product line pruning and a real estate analysis that culminated in a Chapter 11 proceeding and a 363 sale that reduced lease liability by $1.8 million

Prior to CRG, Mr. Carringer held leadership roles in a 100-person firm focused on Lean Enterprise consulting with GE, Stanley Works, Honeywell, Bell+Howell, Digital Microwave, Olin, Marion Merrill Dow and Halliburton. He was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Manufacturing Technology program working on product data exchange standards.
Mr. Carringer holds his bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer and holds a certified Turnaround Professional designation from the Turnaround Management Association.