‹ back to Managing DirectorsDaniel W. Evarts

Dan Evarts has over 12 years of experience as a turnaround and strategy consultant, with a concentration in valuation services. His broad industry experience includes:

Mr. Evarts has built his valuation expertise through both distressed and non-distressed M&A and consulting assignments. In the last five years he has prepared over 50 valuations of distressed businesses, minority ownership interests and intellectual property assets for loan workouts, restructurings, 363 sales, bankruptcy reorganizations, solvency analyses and fairness opinions. His professional experience also includes:

• Crisis manager/managing turnaround consultant for numerous distressed organizations, such as a $500 million contract manufacturer, a $160 million aerospace parts manufacturer, a coffee-house franchisor and a home healthcare company
• Led three management teams of a $1.5 billion division with negative earnings through a strategic turnaround plan, significantly increasing profits
• Responsible for the evaluation, management and sale of numerous unique assets held by distressed or liquidating owners, including royalty generating patents, patent ownership rights and venture-backed companies, to name a few

Previously, Mr. Evarts worked as an internal consultant in a general manager development program at Cargill. Mr. Evarts also served as an officer in the U.S. Army, leading troops in the 2nd Infantry Division and serving with U.S. Army Space Command during Operation Desert Storm.

Mr. Evarts has a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Yale University and an MBA in finance and marketing from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He has earned both the Certified Turnaround Professional and the Certified in Distressed Business Valuations accreditations and he was the 2006 Silver Medal winner of the Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) accreditation, with the second highest test scores in the nation.