Walter Popiel

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Riveron

   Apr 2007 — Present

   Walter Popiel specializes in providing Connected Factory, turnaround and restructuring management services to performing and under-performing companies in a variety of industries, including automotive, heavy truck, aerospace, specialty manufacturing, steel fabrication, retail fuel and convenience store operations, healthcare, energy, injection molding, wind turbine, electronic component manufacturing, construction, and oil and gas. For the past fifteen years Mr. Popiel has developed extensive experience in treasury and vendor management, viability assessment, liquidity enhancement, preparation of integrated financial projections, quality of earnings assessments, financial due diligence and customer and creditor negotiations. Walter has served as financial advisor in several OEM support service roles, providing strategic supplier risk assessments in the automotive, heavy truck and agricultural industries. In addition to other activities critical in crisis situations, Mr. Popiel has been actively involved in numerous buy and sell-side transactions, out-of-court restructurings and orderly wind-downs. Most recently, Mr. Popiel was chosen as one of ten individuals awarded in Turnarounds and Workouts as “2017 People to Watch – Business Professionals Making Their Mark”, and the “2017 M&A Advisor – Emerging Leaders Award.” In addition, Mr. Popiel and his colleagues were honored for their efforts in the Gas City transaction, which won the “2011 Outstanding Consumer and Retail Deal of the Year (over $50mm),” and the “Outstanding Real Estate Deal of the Year (under $500mm)” from the M&A Advisor. Mr. Popiel also serves on the Institutional Investor Practice for Conway MacKenzie. Walter is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Turnaround Management Association, Associate for Corporate Growth and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Skills

• Research
• Microsoft Word
• Sales
• Valuation
• Executive Management
• Private Equity
• Powerpoint
• Financial Modeling
• Microsoft Office
• Corporate Finance
• Finance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Management
• Due Diligence
• Restructuring
• Microsoft Excel
• Financial Analysis
• Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership