Interim Management, Oxford/Anniston, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. Contracted for management of operations for multiple plant locations, along with preparing and positioning the business and facilities for sale.   Business Valuation, Jackson, Mississippi and Atlanta, Georgia. Engaged to conduct a business valuation of operations and asset values in conjunction with preparing multi-location manufacturing operation to be packaged in a sale offering to targeted industry buyers.   Feasbility and Situation Analysis, Jackson, Mississippi. Selected to execute an analysis of multi-location companies in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi involving a complete business analysis and evaluation of its organizational, marketing, sales, operational and financial segments. Development of go-forward strategies for a “what if” newly restructured business and/or executing a “sale strategy” to targeted strategic buyers.   Chief Restructuring Officer, Chapter 11 Reorganization, Memphis, Tennessee. Selected by private equity firm as CRO for Chapter 11 Reorganization of one of its portfolio multi-location manufacturing companies located in Memphis.   Interim Management/Restructuring, Atlanta, Georgia and Memphis, Tennessee. Engaged by 2 private equity firms to develop a restructuring strategic plan for their consolidated and multi-divisional operations of a severely underperforming portfolio manufacturing company. Plan encompasses execution plan strategies and implementation steps and timetables for all marketing (branding, market positioning and target marketing programs), sales (organization, customer/sales network and pricing methods), operations (lean manufacturing, quality control programs, development of materials management and production capacity planning systems) and setting up financial performance metrics and benchmarking, cash flow forecasting and liquidity management models and methods.   Featured Speaker at Butler Snow Real Estate, Banking, Bankruptcy and Commercial Lending Practice Group Annual Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, January 2010. Thomas Kirkpatrick was keynote speaker on “The Role of a Turnaround Management Firm in Distressed Business Situations and SPG Strategic Partners Group’s Approach” and “The Convergence of Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Banking and Commercial Lending in Today’s Environment”.   SPG Strategic Partners Group, New Service Announcement. February 2010, SPG announces practice service involving “performance of comprehensive due diligence engagements on targeted acquisitions for private equity firms and privately held companies”, along with pre and post-acquisition analysis and integration.   SPG Strategic Partners Group, New Service Announcement. March 2010, SPG announces practice service involving “preparing companies for sale” and preparation of “sale packages” (SP’s) along with marketing client companies into its specific industries and markets and presentations to potential strategic buyers.