KLH Associates
310-963-0070
kenharris3078@gmail.com
INVESTMENT BANKING
As an M&A advisor for WR Grace & Co. participated in the divestment of 9 food companies in the US and Europe including Leaf Brands, Materne Jams, Raak Beverages, Jones NY and Barilla Pasta.
As CFO of WR Grace Restaurant Group participated in the acquisition of 10 Restaurant companies including Houlihan's, Del Taco, Applebee's, Charley Brown's, Casa Maria, Casa Gallardo, American Cafe, Carrows and Gladstones.
As Managing Director of Kayne Anderson and CEO of Mrs. Beasley's, acquired two food companies, divested 1 and sold Mrs. Beasley's.
As Managing Director of Kayne Anderson, served as the principal advisor in taking TAM Restaurants public via an IPO.
As CEO of Swanson Health Products, sold the Company to Swander Pace Associates
As COO/CFO of HOB Entertainment (House of Blues) participated in two rounds of Private Equity financing.
As CFO of WR Grace Restaurant Group participated in the Drexel led LBO of the Restaurant Group to form Restaurant Enterprises Group.
Provide On-going Investment Banking services to Universal Holdings and Starmark Hospitality
FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING
Led Mrs. Beasley's LLC thru an ABC transaction that avoided a Chapter X1 bankruptcy and allowed the company to be sold to 1800flowers and the secured creditor to be repaid.
Led Shulman Transport Enterprises thru a succesful Chapter X1 reorganization that allowed the company to emerge as a profitable smaller company.
BUSINESS GROWTH
Served as CFO, COO and CEO of the WR Grace Restaurant Group as it grew from $150 million to $1.1 billion thru acquisitions, conversions and new restaurant construction.
Led the start-up House of Blues thru the construction and opening of the initial three themed Restaurant/Entertainment venues and positioned HOB to raise capital to expand further.
Transformed Mrs. Beasley's from an unprofitable traditional catalog company into a profitable multi channel web based and retail store company while growing revenues five-fold
As CEO, accelerated the transformation of Swanson Health Products from a traditional catalog company to a multi channel web based company and grew enterprise value 50% and sold it to private equity.
As Interim CEO, laid the groundwork to transform Universal Holdings from a catalog company to a multi channel web based company
TURN AROUND
Turned around Mrs. Beasley's from an unprofitable catalog company by converting it to an on-line seller of gift baskets utilizing web marketing strategies, affiliate resellers, targeted e-mail programs and intergrating retail and the catalog with the web site. Also revamped and expanded the product offering.
As COO, turned around the Grace Restaurant Service Division by consolidating operations, outsourcing functions, introducing centralized procurement and operating it as a profit center instead of a cost center.
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