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ANTHONY L. OTTEN
Mr. Otten has more than 20 years experience as a Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with extensive experience in general and financial management, corporate finance and formation, mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds and strategic planning. Recently, Mr. Otten served as Chief Restructuring Officer for a financial services company and an aftermarket automobile parts distributor, both undergoing reorganization while in bankruptcy. Previous interim assignments include Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for a privately-held $150M commercial real estate development and construction firm based in Texas; CEO of a $100M buyer and reseller of low-income single and two-family homes in the New York City-metro area; CFO of a mid-western based printed circuit-board assembler, and CFO for an internet-based health care services company. Previously, Mr. Otten served as Senior Vice President and CFO of NXT Corporation, an early-stage company focused on the transmission of financial credit card data. Prior to NXT, he was Vice President for Mergers and Acquisitions for The Bromley Companies, and Vice President and CFO for their largest operating company, Bromley Pallet Recyclers. Mr. Otten has also held senior management positions with Marriott Corporation and Cabot Corporation, including Managing Director of Cabot Safety Corporation, based in Manchester, England. While at Cabot, he led the successful turnaround and divestiture of Rastronics, Cabot's Danish-based audiological equipment manufacturer. Mr. Otten received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a minor in Economics, has done graduate course work at the London School of Economics, and has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Otten serves on a number of corporate Boards and is a member of the Dean’s Alumni Leadership Council at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University. |