Marc  Patterson

Marc Patterson is a business professional with ten years of management consulting experience in strategic planning, operations improvement, turnaround, and restructuring.

Capitalizing on thirty years of military experience, Marc is comfortable with parachuting into leadership roles and taking swift action to deliver rapid results.

Representative Experience
  • Served as de-facto Vice President of Operations for a $300MM food manufacturer. Improved fulfillment rate from 83% to 100% within 30 days by implementing a prioritized packing list (pull system) based on customer order data and further integrating pull system through production to procurement.

  • Led a ten-man team in implementing exception-based surveillance (EBS) on nearly 1,000 producing oil wells for a $20B independent upstream oil and gas company. EBS enabled company to nearly double the number of wells serviced by each lease operator, thereby reducing OPEX.

  • Performed M&A due diligence to identify/quantify synergies for a proposed merger of two private equity sponsored education companies. Findings from the analysis were used to determine deal valuation and ownership stakes.

  • Advisor to $67B aerospace & defense company. Developed and implemented plan to transform and optimize company’s sustainment function as customer contracts were migrating to a performance-based model.

  • Advisor to $2B privately-owned Industrial Services Company. Developed five-year growth plan based on business strategy for an acquired specialty services company who wasn’t meeting earnings expectations.

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Navigating a First-Of-Its-Kind Bankruptcy Case
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Navigating a First-Of-Its-Kind Bankruptcy Case

On September 15, 2021, a grain elevator operator and processor of soybeans submitted an out-of-compliance borrowing base certificate to its secured lender. What followed was a novel bankruptcy case marked by massive complexity and a near-impossible positive outcome.

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Project Work

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Buca di Beppo

Buca di Beppo

$180MM national Italian restaurant chain that defaulted on its loan and had ceased interest payments. CR3 Partners was initially engaged to assess the company's cash position, but quickly transitioned to CRO.
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Hotel Portfolio

Hotel Portfolio

A $60MM eight-hotel portfolio was experiencing a liquidity strain due to a decrease in hotel guest traffic, resulting in a filing for bankruptcy proceedings to restructure its operations and liabilities.
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Specialty Ice Cream

Specialty Ice Cream

The company was a family-owned manufacturer of specialty ice cream and frozen novelty products.
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