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Robert W. Bruml
President
bob@brumlcapital.com
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Mr. Bruml has been in the investment banking and private equity investment business since 1980. Since its formation in 1986, Bruml Capital Corporation has specialized in offering investment banking and financial advisory services to substantial, privately held companies involved in a variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution, specialty chemicals and capital goods. The aggregate value of transactions completed over this period is in excess of $1.5 billion. Mr. Bruml serves as a Director of several closely-held companies and is active in professional associations including as a former member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. Mr. Bruml currently serves as a Trustee of ideastream, the leading public media organization in Northeast Ohio, and the Finance Committee of St. Martin de Porres High School. From 1997 to 2012, Mr. Bruml was a member of the Board of Trustees of Hawken School and remains a Life Trustee. Mr. Bruml holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School.
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Andrew S. Gelfand
Senior Vice President
andy@brumlcapital.com
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Mr. Gelfand has been in the investment banking business for 30 years. He has been affiliated with Bruml Capital Corporation since 1989 and a principal since 1991. Mr. Gelfand is also the founding member of The Gelfand Group LLC dba Bruml Capital which provides investment banking and valuation advisory services similar to Bruml Capital Corporation.
Mr. Gelfand has managed or co-managed numerous buy-side, sell-side and corporate finance engagements and arranged capital for a wide variety of companies, including basic manufacturing, metals, wholesale distribution, food processing and marketing, and service businesses.
Mr. Gelfand has also written numerous valuation opinions. Such valuation opinions have been used in connection with corporate finance (acquisitions, divestitures, capital financing, executive incentive plans, stock redemptions), fairness opinions, domestic relations, tax-oriented issues, employee stock ownership plans, estate plans (including gifts and GRATs) and estates. Various corporate and regulatory agencies have reviewed and accepted the conclusions of his reports. He has also provided expert witness testimony.
Mr. Gelfand earned a B.A. in mathematics from Colgate University and an M.B.A. in finance from The Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
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James R. Deitzer, CFA
Assistant Vice President
jim@brumlcapital.com
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Mr. Deitzer has been in the financial and investment services business for 10 years. Since joining Bruml Capital Corporation in 2012, he has been actively involved across all services of the firm, including valuation, sell-side, buy-side, and corporate finance transactions for a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, metals, distribution, specialty chemicals, consumer products, retail, and service businesses. His previous experience is primarily in sell-side equity research for FTN Equity Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets, providing valuation and investment recommendations within the healthcare and real estate sectors to institutional clients. While on the sell-side he served as the senior associate for the Wall Street Journal’s 2009 “Best on the Street” #1 analyst in the medical equipment and supplies sector. His prior experience also includes investment management services while at Parkwood Corporation, a family office financial firm. Mr. Deitzer is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Cleveland. He holds a B.S. degree in bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. degree in biomedical informatics from Columbia University.
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Donna J. Maxim
Office Manager
donna@brumlcapital.com
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Mrs. Maxim is responsible for managing all administrative, accounting and finance activities of the day-to-day operations of the firm and also serves as a research assistant. Prior to joining Bruml Capital in 1994, she was employed with Forest City Enterprises as office manager of the Tower City Center leasing office. Mrs. Maxim earned an Associate's Degree in Business Management from Lakeland College and also was the recipient of The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award at graduation.
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Gries Financial, LLC
Ownership Recapitalization Plan
The undersigned structured and arranged the financing in connection with this recapitalization plan.
Bruml Capital Corporation
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