Simon Consulting, LLC announced that Daniel Williams and Barry Monheit have joined Simon as Senior Managing Directors.
Williams has over 30 years of experience as a nationally recognized restructuring professional. He has advised numerous underperforming companies in a variety of industries through the restructuring and recapitalization process. Williams is frequently contacted by secured lenders, creditor constituents or debtors to assist their portfolio companies in the development of strategic and restructuring alternatives. His experience includes serving as lead partner on numerous restructuring, corporate finance, bankruptcy and turnaround engagements. He has also served as a court appointed trustee in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases, Examiner, Examiner with expanded powers for the purpose of investigating fraud, expert witness, and Section 702 expert (Judge's expert) in bankruptcy court.
Williams is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Arizona. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Arizona. Previously, Williams was the Phoenix Office Managing Partner as well as the Regional Consulting Head at RSM, Arizona's second largest accounting firm. Additionally, he was Deloitte's US Managing Partner of Restructuring and served as the Regional Managing Partner at Arthur Andersen, responsible for the Central and West Region Global Corporate Finance Group.
Barry Monheit has over 40 years of experience as a hands-on strategic advisor and senior executive focusing on turnaround and restructuring matters. Monheit has provided expert services in mergers and acquisitions, board fiduciary duties, corporate governance, strategic and budgetary processes, and complex forensic financial matters. His areas of expertise include turnaround and restructuring, solvency, feasibility, business valuation, and damages. Monheit has been the lead consultant on numerous bankruptcies and out of court restructurings, including nationally recognized companies. Monheit has also served as trustee and examiner in numerous matters. Additionally, he has provided expert testimony in complex financial matters over 100 times throughout his career.
Monheit is the co-founder and former president of Financial Division of FTI Consulting, Inc. Mr. Monheit has served on the boards of several public and private companies and is currently the Chairman of the Board of American Outdoor Brands.