Mr. Daniel R. Williams

Daniel R. Williams , CPA is a senior managing director for Fenix Financial Forensics LLC (F3) in Scott- sdale, Ariz., and has more than 30 years of experience as a restructuring professional. He has advised nu- merous underperforming companies in a variety of industries through the restructuring and recapitaliza- tion process. Mr. Williams is frequently contacted by secured lenders and creditor constituents to assist their portfolio companies in the development of strategic and restructuring alternatives. His experience includes serving as lead partner on several restructuring, corporate finance, bankruptcy and turnaround engagements including numerous national matters. Mr. Williams has served as a court-appointed trustee in chapter 11 and chapter 7 cases, examiner, examiner with expanded powers for the purpose of investi- gating fraud, expert witness and ¤ 702 expert in bankruptcy court. He has assisted various constituents in identifying solutions to complex operational and financial issues, and has been active in the restructuring of billions in debt and equity capital. He has also provided business audit, management and operational consulting services to construction, retail, wholesale distribution, hotel and hospitality, real estate, insur- ance and other emerging businesses. In addition to his bankruptcy, turnaround and consulting practice, Mr. Williams has experience in interpreting and implementing accounting standards. He was a two-year member of Andersen's "Accounting Principles Group," the national office technical standards-setting group responsible for firm-wide accounting standards, and he was a direct report to Edmund L. Jenkins, who became chairman of the FASB in 1997. In this role, he provided diverse technical consultation to firm partners, managing directors, directors, CEOs and CFOs of Fortune 500 entities, and emerging busi- nesses on income taxes, SEC reporting, real estate issues, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions and foreign currency issues. Prior to joining F3, Mr. Williams was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was the Phoenix office managing partner, as well as the regional consulting head, at McGladrey. He received his B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Arizona.