<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478</id><updated>2011-07-30T17:00:35.498-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mentor Group, Inc</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-2424340003323433826</id><published>2009-02-12T15:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T11:55:24.574-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQF0hPxhsQQ/SZhmiWlCWGI/AAAAAAAAA6w/J7eYiZeTlcM/s1600-h/banner6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303101301591267426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQF0hPxhsQQ/SZhmiWlCWGI/AAAAAAAAA6w/J7eYiZeTlcM/s400/banner6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-we-are.html"&gt;WHO WE ARE&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/services.html"&gt;SERVICES&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/engagements.html"&gt;ENGAGEMENTS&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html"&gt;NEWS&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/contact-us.html"&gt;CONTACT US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQF0hPxhsQQ/SZelaw2Z8cI/AAAAAAAAA5w/oi5yIMNB-lg/s1600-h/home_title.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302888965460324802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 82px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQF0hPxhsQQ/SZelaw2Z8cI/AAAAAAAAA5w/oi5yIMNB-lg/s400/home_title.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mentor Group, Inc. (TMG) was started in 1987. The initial and continuing vision was to perform preeminent services based upon employing only senior professionals with superior experience and expertise. That philosophy and culture thrive today, creating an unmatched capability in investment banking, valuations and appraisals, and financial consulting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;The Mentor Group is a full service, national investment banking, financial advisory, valuation and appraisal firm. We are preeminent in the due diligence and support provided for selling companies, private placements and value opinions. Our senior professionals have valued and sold nearly every type of business and business asset. We are experienced, responsive and results driven.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;The benefits of our experience and qualifications are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;• Technical Expertise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;• Supportable Analyses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;• Access to Key Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;• Cost Effective Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;• Expert Testimony&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-2424340003323433826?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/2424340003323433826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/2424340003323433826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/mentor-group-inc.html' title=''/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQF0hPxhsQQ/SZhmiWlCWGI/AAAAAAAAA6w/J7eYiZeTlcM/s72-c/banner6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-6680285375319667232</id><published>2009-02-12T14:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T12:01:47.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;HOME&lt;/a&gt; WHO WE ARE &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/services.html"&gt;SERVICES&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/engagements.html"&gt;ENGAGEMENTS&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html"&gt;NEWS&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/contact-us.html"&gt;CONTACT US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;WHO WE ARE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our responsive team also includes professionals who have earned advanced degrees and credentials necessary to understand our client’s issues. (Listed in alphabetical order below.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;JOHN D. GLENN, PRESIDENT &amp;amp; MANAGING DIRECTOR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/john-d-glenn.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Glenn, President and Managing Director of The Mentor Group, has extensive experience with the accounting, tax, and financial aspects of business valuations, acquisitions and real estate appraisals. A nationally recognized expert in gift and estate taxes, he frequently speaks on these and other technical valuation issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;MANAGING DIRECTORS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;BRAD M. CASHION, CFA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/brad-m-cashion-cfa.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Brad Cashion is a Managing Director with The Mentor Group in the Glendale, CA, San Diego, CA and Orange County, CA offices. He is expert at valuing businesses and all types of securities, as well as intellectual property. In addition, he has completed sales of businesses and financings for reorganizations. Mr. Cashion has counseled many companies regarding fairness opinions, stock options for IPO's, and acquisitions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;FRANZ K. FLEISCHLI, JD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/franz-k-fleischli-jd.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Fleischli is a Managing Director of The Mentor Group. He has extensive experience in all facets of the appraisal and valuation industry, including large multi-state, multi-discipline engagements. He has assisted in the structuring of complex financial solutions for mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions, going public or private, financings of all types, business tax planning, estate planning, and bankruptcies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;FRANK R. HOUGH, CCM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/frank-r-hough-ccm.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frank R. Hough is a Managing Director and Senior Consultant supervising all management consulting activities at The Mentor Group. He has an extensive background in commercial banking, the energy and real estate sectors, and financial and management consulting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;RUSSELL A. PATTERSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/russell-patterson.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Patterson is a Managing Director and Senior Financial Appraiser with The Mentor Group, Inc. With over 25 years of financial consulting and valuation, he is experienced in nearly every type and size of business. In addition to valuing numerous businesses, he has expertise in all securities - restricted stock, preferred stock, warrants, options, different classes of common stock, debt instruments, and other investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;WESLEY E. ROMBERGER III&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/wesley-e-romberger-iii.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Wesley Romberger is a Managing Director and Senior Financial Appraiser with The Mentor Group. He has diverse and substantive expertise in the valuation of private, public, and closely-held companies. Studies have involved options, preferred and common stock, derivative securities pricing and intangible assets. He has counseled many buyers and sellers, and written detailed prospectus for raising capital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;FRITZ STREHLOW, CSBA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/fritz-strehlow-csba.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Fritz Strehlow is a Managing Director with expertise and experience in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, raising equity, and business management. His work has involved private and public entities - corporations and partnerships.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;TODD B. WOHL, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/todd-b-wohl-asa.html"&gt;&gt;View Resume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todd Wohl is Managing Director of Auction and Appraisal Services for The Mentor Group. He is a specialist in Oral Outcry auctions, as well as the appraisal of real estate, equipment and inventory. He has sold machinery and equipment in many industries, such as computer, healthcare, automobile, food processing and packaging, printing, retail and numerous others. Also, he has auctioned residential, retail, commercial, and industrial real property.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:arial;" &gt;SENIOR PROFESSIONALS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The TMG management team includes persons well-known in their respective disciplines. We have relevant experience in nearly every industry and with every type of asset.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ROGER CHANTEL, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Chantel manages and performs machinery and equipment appraisals throughout the United States. These appraisals have been used for financing, property tax, allocation of purchase price, and other purposes. He has testified in court on numerous occasions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ROBERT F. EFFINGER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Effinger is a Vice President with The Mentor Group, Inc. He manages and performs a variety of real estate and construction related services, with emphasis on cost segregation studies to maximize tax savings from accelerated depreciation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ROBERT HUNT, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Hunt manages and performs machinery and equipment appraisals throughout the United States. He has a particular specialty in the food and agriculture industries and all types of industrial equipment. Mr. Hunt is expert in modeling for forced liquidation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;BERT JONES, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Jones manages and performs appraisals for a wide variety of equipment and machinery - from computers and peripherals to steel making and MRI's. On numerous occasions he has testified in court as an expert witness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;MARK S. JUSTMANN, MAI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Justmann is a Senior Real Estate Appraiser with The Mentor Group. His experience spans multi-state and international appraisals for all types of commercial, industrial, multi-family, vacant land, and special purpose facilities. Most of his appraisals have involved the Western U.S. - California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;JOHN KRUZINSKI, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Kruzinski manages and performs machinery and equipment, and real estate appraisals throughout the United States. He has a particular specialty in the food and agriculture industry. These appraisals have been used for numerous purposes, including sales-leaseback, property tax, financing, bankruptcy and auctions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ALEXANDER KURIN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Kurin manages and performs real estate appraisals throughout the United States. He has a particular specialty in multi-location projects. These appraisals have been used for financing, sale, reorganization, property and estate tax, depreciation basis, and allocation of purchase price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;FREDRICK L. MASTERMAN, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Masterman is a Senior Appraiser with The Mentor Group. He is proficient in the appraisal of personal property, specializing in manufacturing process machinery and data processing equipment. Mr. Masterman has provided expert witness testimony regarding fair market, residual, and liquidation values of all types of machinery and equipment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ROBERT ROSS, ASA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Ross manages and performs real estate appraisals throughout the United States. These appraisals have been used for financing, tax purposes and estate planning purposes. Facilities analyzed include offices, hotels, shopping centers, apartments, processing plants, refineries, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-6680285375319667232?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/6680285375319667232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/6680285375319667232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-we-are.html' title=''/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-7844798664293020149</id><published>2009-02-12T14:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T11:45:20.013-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;HOME&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-we-are.html"&gt;WHO WE ARE&lt;/a&gt;  |  SERVICES  |  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/engagements.html"&gt;ENGAGEMENTS&lt;/a&gt;  | &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html"&gt; NEWS&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/contact-us.html"&gt;CONTACT US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SERVICES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our complete range of services are cost effective to serve small, middle market and international clients.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FINANCIAL VALUATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_value.asp"&gt;Asset Included&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_value_purpose.asp"&gt;View Services &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;INVESTMENT BANKING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_invest.asp"&gt;View Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ASSET APPRAISALS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_appraisal.asp"&gt;Assets Included&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_appraisal_purpose.asp"&gt;View Services &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;AUCTIONS/LIQUIDATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_auction.asp"&gt;Assets Included&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_auction_purpose.asp"&gt;View Services &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;COST SEGREGATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_costseg.asp"&gt;Assets Included&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_costseg_purpose.asp"&gt;View Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;EXPERT TESTIMONY/LITIGATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/services_litigation.asp"&gt;View Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Learn More About&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/services/why_use.asp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;Why Use The Mentor Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples of detailed descriptions of our services are provided within each category in Adobe Acrobat format. If needed, &lt;a href="http://www.adobe.com/"&gt;download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"  &gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-7844798664293020149?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/7844798664293020149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/7844798664293020149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/services.html' title=''/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-6618729564845339572</id><published>2009-02-12T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T11:46:02.649-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;HOME&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-we-are.html"&gt;WHO WE ARE&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/services.html"&gt;SERVICES&lt;/a&gt;  |  ENGAGEMENTS  | &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html"&gt; NEWS&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/contact-us.html"&gt;CONTACT US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ENGAGEMENTS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples of some of our many transactions are indexed as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Agribusiness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/transactions_clients.asp?cid=573EE881C7D08657D6C81C7D08@395EA9@1CE1A1"&gt;View Clients&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://thementorgrp.com/transactions_detail.asp?cid=4914B1617DCF655032C617DCF6@2C416B@146475"&gt;View Tombstones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Allocation of Purchase Price&lt;/span&gt; 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The office will assist in selling a local furniture company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Orange County Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11/1/2005&lt;br /&gt;Fritz Strehlow testified as an expert for a dissenting minority shareholder at trial which lead to a favorable outcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Westlake Village Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7/12/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office is performing financial advisory servies for a major corporation by negotiating the purchase of a supplier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Santa Rosa Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7/12/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office valued the real estate and machinery &amp;amp; equip for a major hog processing facility relating to debt financing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Westlake Village Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5/11/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office has been hired to structure senior debt for a stem cell research firm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Westlake Village Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5/10/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office has accepted sale of business engagements for 4 new clients, all of whom are very profitable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chicago Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5/9/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office is working on the valuation of a minor league baseball team for estate planning purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Northern California Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5/5/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office completed a valuation analysis for a well known movie theater chain for financing purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Westlake Village Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3/31/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office completed a FASB 141 analysis for a $170 million purchase of an international company in the educational industry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Salt Lake City Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3/1/2005&lt;br /&gt;The office is working on a valuation of a well known Vodka brand name for acquisition purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;San Diego Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/1/2005&lt;br /&gt;A valuation of a well known internet music downlaod company was completed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Reno Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3/31/2004&lt;br /&gt;A valuation was completed on a large jewelry company for estate tax purposes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-2091010176793052531?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/2091010176793052531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/2091010176793052531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html' title=''/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-1123719696535772319</id><published>2009-02-12T12:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T11:47:04.788-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/"&gt;HOME&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-we-are.html"&gt;WHO WE ARE&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/services.html"&gt;SERVICES&lt;/a&gt;  |  &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/engagements.html"&gt;ENGAGEMENTS&lt;/a&gt;  | &lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/news.html"&gt;NEWS&lt;/a&gt;  |  CONTACT US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT US&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to hearing from you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;JOHN D. GLENN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1775 East Palm Canyon Drive&lt;br /&gt;Suite 110-132&lt;br /&gt;Palm Springs, CA  92264&lt;br /&gt;Tel:  (760) 325-6411&lt;br /&gt;Tel:  (800) 325-6411 for long distance&lt;br /&gt;Fax: (760) 325-7260&lt;br /&gt;Cell: (760) 799-6946&lt;br /&gt;Web: &lt;a href="http://www.mentorgroupinc.com/"&gt;www.mentorgroupinc.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email:  &lt;a href="mailto:%20jglenn@mentorgroupinc.com"&gt;jglenn@mentorgroupinc.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-1123719696535772319?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/1123719696535772319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/1123719696535772319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/contact-us.html' title=''/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-7476290081856934528</id><published>2009-02-12T07:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T22:00:48.136-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FRANK R. HOUGH, CCM</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frank R. Hough is a Managing Director and Senior Consultant supervising all management consulting activities at The Mentor Group. He has an extensive background in commercial banking, the energy and real estate sectors, and financial and management consulting. Mr. Hough has provided valuation counsel and strategies for increasing profits and value to numerous companies. A particular specialty is finding working capital and/or growth financing to position companies for sale, acquisition, or public offering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Hough’s experience and expertise covers several financial and management disciplines. His activities span public, private, closely held, and non-profit firms, including the analysis, design, implementation, and management of systems and procedures for:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Accounting&lt;br /&gt;• Cash Flow System Design and Management&lt;br /&gt;• Trade Credit&lt;br /&gt;• Inventory Control&lt;br /&gt;• Human Resources&lt;br /&gt;• Liability Insurance&lt;br /&gt;• Employee Benefits/Insurance&lt;br /&gt;• Budgeting&lt;br /&gt;• Secured Lending&lt;br /&gt;• Receivables and Trade Financing&lt;br /&gt;• Acquisition Financing&lt;br /&gt;• Foreign Exchange&lt;br /&gt;• Strategic Planning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to joining The Mentor Group, Mr. Hough managed Hough Associates for 14 years, specializing in financial and management consulting. He also spent 10 years in the energy industry as Corporate Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer for companies with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MBA, Finance, University of Southern California&lt;br /&gt;BA Cum Laude, Economics, University of Southern California&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;National Association of Corporate Cash Management, NACCM&lt;br /&gt;Certified Corporate Cash Manger, CCM&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-7476290081856934528?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/7476290081856934528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/7476290081856934528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/frank-r-hough-ccm.html' title='FRANK R. HOUGH, CCM'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-6738121257916444703</id><published>2009-02-11T10:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T08:40:04.075-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BRAD M. CASHION, CFA</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Biography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Brad Cashion is a Managing Director with The Mentor Group in the Glendale, California, San Diego, California and Orange County, CA offices. He is expert at valuing businesses and all types of securities, as well as intellectual property. In addition, he has completed sales of businesses and financings for reorganizations. Mr. Cashion has counseled many companies regarding fairness opinions, stock options for IPO's, and acquisitions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A particular expertise of Mr. Cashion is technology and intangible asset analysis, including In-Process-Research and Development for telecommunications, bio-tech and software companies. He has consulted on various buyout transactions of minority interests and advised management on the stock swap ratios in business combinations and stock options. He has completed analyses to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 482. His experience in the entertainment industry includes valuations of music catalogs, literary copyrights, film libraries, and the persona of well-known personalities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Cashion specializes in developing and implementing valuation models for litigation; pre and post bankruptcy plans; tax agency negotiations; mergers and acquisitions; and IPO's. His clients span many industries - from film production companies to health care providers ... from food wholesalers to retailers ... and from manufacturers to airlines. Mr. Cashion has been qualified as an expert witness in numerous courts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Cashion has lectured on numerous valuation topics that range from “Maximizing Shareholder Value in Business Transactions” to “The Possible Affects of the Y2K Bug on the Value of a Company”. Prior to working with The Mentor Group, he was a partner with a major investment firm and Executive Vice President of Keystone Financial Services, Inc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BS, Finance, University of Southern California,&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers - BV201 through BV204&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers&lt;br /&gt;California Real Estate Broker&lt;br /&gt;Certified Financial Analyst (CFA)&lt;br /&gt;Association for Investment Management and Research&lt;br /&gt;National Association of Business Economists, Member&lt;br /&gt;Estate Planning Council, Member&lt;br /&gt;Association for Corporate Growth, Director&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-6738121257916444703?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/6738121257916444703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/6738121257916444703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/brad-m-cashion-cfa.html' title='BRAD M. CASHION, CFA'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-5640818881999323133</id><published>2009-02-11T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T21:55:05.828-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VIJAY A. CHEVLI</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Chevli is a Managing Director with The Mentor Group, Inc. His experience spans numerous, successful investment banking and valuation advisory engagements. These sell side assignments involved retail, food processing, consumer goods, entertainment, telecommunications, software, electronics, healthcare, restaurants and travel/leisure. In addition to M&amp;amp;A work, he has raised senior debt, mezzanine and private equity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Chevli has provided financial advisory services to private and public firms. Analyses included fairness and solvency opinions; valuations of common and preferred stock and stock options; intellectual property appraisals; restructuring/recapitalizations; and, pre-IPO studies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to working with The Mentor Group, Mr. Chevli was a Senior Associate, M&amp;amp;A Group of Houlihan, Lokey, Howard &amp;amp; Zukin. Other positions included business development with Walt Disney Consumer Products; financial analyst with Wasserstein Perella &amp;amp; Co.; and consultant at Lek-Alcar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MBA, Finance, UCLA&lt;br /&gt;BA, Economics/Business, UCLA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professionals Network Group (PNG)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-5640818881999323133?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/5640818881999323133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/5640818881999323133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/vijay-chevli.html' title='VIJAY A. CHEVLI'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-7782977919169536273</id><published>2009-02-11T08:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T21:56:34.543-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FRANZ K. FLEISCHLI, JD</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Fleischli is a Managing Director of The Mentor Group. He has extensive experience in all facets of the appraisal and valuation industry, including large multi-state, multi-discipline engagements. He has assisted in the structuring of complex financial solutions for mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions, going public or private, financings of all types, business tax planning, estate planning, and bankruptcies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His clients include private and public corporations, family businesses, major banks, law firms, accounting firms, investment banks, and the like. His practice is a national one, covering many industries. He is one of the foremost authorities in the country in the food, agribusiness and commodity industries. He consults closely with a wide variety of clients in these industries on valuation, financial and investment banking issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Fleischli was formerly a Senior Vice President with Marshall &amp;amp; Stevens, Inc., a Managing Director of Shearson Lehman Bros., and a senior executive with Marine Midland Bancorp. He is a veteran of the United States Army.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JD, Washington University&lt;br /&gt;MBA, Washington University&lt;br /&gt;BS, Economics, Purdue University&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaker, state bar associations, CPA societies, financial and estate planning organizations, lender associations and institutes, professional education classes and seminars, and the like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Entrepreneurship Institute&lt;br /&gt;Professional Network Group&lt;br /&gt;Who's Who in America&lt;br /&gt;Sports Car Club of America&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-7782977919169536273?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/7782977919169536273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/7782977919169536273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/franz-k-fleischli-jd.html' title='FRANZ K. FLEISCHLI, JD'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-4789034395639869296</id><published>2009-02-11T08:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T15:41:54.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JOHN D. GLENN</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Glenn, President and Managing Director of The Mentor Group, has extensive experience with the accounting, tax, and financial aspects of business valuations, acquisitions and real estate appraisals. A nationally recognized expert in gift and estate taxes, he frequently speaks on these and other technical valuation issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has assisted clients in nearly every type of business valuation and real estate appraisal from fairness opinions and solvency letters to investment values. Engagements have included discounting studies for minority interests held in FLP’s, LLC’s, and undivided fractional interests held in real estate. Other valuations involved restricted stock studies, key man discount analyses, bulk sale discounts, allocation of purchase price, divestiture, stock/partnership capital interests, tax-free exchanges, public offerings, ESOP, recapitalizations, litigation support, eminent domain, goodwill, and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to joining The Mentor Group, Inc., Mr. Glenn had numerous years of experience as a Vice President of two national appraisal firms, Arthur D. Little Valuation, Inc. and Marshall &amp;amp; Stevens. He was also the Director of Valuation Services at Touche Ross. Prior to focusing on the valuation industry, Mr. Glenn had been Chief Operating Officer with a large Los Angeles based real estate company. He also spent many years in the banking industry with Bank of America, Union Bank, and Imperial Bank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BA, Boston University&lt;br /&gt;BA, Psychology/History, The University of Redlands&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Institute of Property Taxation&lt;br /&gt;Association for Corporate Growth&lt;br /&gt;Member of various Board of Realtors&lt;br /&gt;Desert Estate Planning Council&lt;br /&gt;National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives&lt;br /&gt;Inland Empire Economic Partnership&lt;br /&gt;Lead speaker at numerous seminars on allocation of purchase price and business enterprise/intangible asset valuations&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-4789034395639869296?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/4789034395639869296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/4789034395639869296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/john-d-glenn.html' title='JOHN D. GLENN'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-992277016640268460</id><published>2009-02-11T07:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T22:02:31.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'>RUSSELL A. PATTERSON</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Patterson is a Managing Director and Senior Financial Appraiser with The Mentor Group, Inc. With over 25 years of financial consulting and valuation, he is experienced in nearly every type and size of business. In addition to valuing numerous businesses, he has expertise in all securities - restricted stock, preferred stock, warrants, options, different classes of common stock, debt instruments, and other investments. Mr. Patterson is unique as a financial analyst in applying his skills to many intangible asset valuations. Of particular intangibles emphasis are technology applications, software, trademarks, film libraries, customer lists, licenses, and franchises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Patterson has developed sophisticated computer financial models and comprehensive data bases. These tools have been applied to complicated transactions - acquisitions, mergers, fairness and solvency opinions; Chapter 11 bankruptcy and other reorganizations and restructuring; leveraged buyouts; portfolio divestments; REIT's and securitized financings; private offerings; taxation of related parties and estate, gift and income tax issues; international transfer pricing; corporate spin-offs and divestitures, and others. Some of the analysis was prepared for and used in expert witness depositions and various court testimony. Other studies were conducted for strategic planning and corporate finance activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Patterson was a western region Managing Director with Deloitte &amp;amp; Touche. He also was a Senior Consultant/Appraiser with Arthur D. Little Valuation. Prior to that position, he managed international ventures and financial analysis for W.R. Grace &amp;amp; Co. During that tenure, he also served in the White House Presidential Executive Exchange Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BS, The Citadel&lt;br /&gt;MBA, Finance, New York University&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers&lt;br /&gt;Institute of Business Appraisers (CBA)&lt;br /&gt;Who's Who in Finance and Industry&lt;br /&gt;Who's Who in U.S. Executives&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-992277016640268460?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/992277016640268460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/992277016640268460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/russell-patterson.html' title='RUSSELL A. PATTERSON'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-4343235905875637781</id><published>2009-02-11T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T22:03:43.361-08:00</updated><title type='text'>WESLEY E. ROMBERGER III</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Wesley Romberger is a Managing Director and Senior Financial Appraiser with The Mentor Group. He has diverse and substantive expertise in the valuation of private, public, and closely-held companies. Studies have involved options, preferred and common stock, derivative securities pricing and intangible assets. He has counseled many buyers and sellers, and written detailed prospectus for raising capital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His research and expertise covers a wide range of industries and lines of business for both the public and private firms. Mr. Romberger has planned and implemented numerous financial models utilized in the valuation, bankruptcy and structured finance practices. Additionally, he has conducted extensive research on the net asset value discount for the secondary limited partnerships and family limited partnerships. He has completed valuations that dealt with litigation, acquisitions and mergers, solvency testing for bankruptcy, estate and gift taxes, restructurings, private and public placements of debt and equity, corporate dissolutions, and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to working with The Mentor Group, Mr. Romberger was a manager in the valuation services practice of Coopers &amp;amp; Lybrand. He was also a consultant for the Personal Financial Services tax practice. Before Coopers &amp;amp; Lybrand, he owned and operated his own firm, specializing in the construction and restoration of older homes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MBT, Masters in Business Taxation, USC&lt;br /&gt;MBA, Finance, University of Pittsburgh&lt;br /&gt;BS, Accounting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-4343235905875637781?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/4343235905875637781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/4343235905875637781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/wesley-e-romberger-iii.html' title='WESLEY E. ROMBERGER III'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-4910238310665551807</id><published>2009-02-11T06:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T22:04:53.926-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FRITZ STREHLOW, CSBA</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Fritz Strehlow is a Managing Director with expertise and experience in business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, raising equity, and business management. His work has involved private and public entities - corporations and partnerships.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Industry expertise includes all types of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, as well as government agencies. More specifically, businesses have ranged from auto parts to restaurants; from aerospace to machine tooling; from agricultural irrigation products to electronics; from medical services and devices to financial institutions; from printing to plastics, etc. He has appeared as a business valuation expert witness before Superior Court on numerous occasions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valuation purposes included buy-sell agreements, estate planning, estate taxes, financing, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy solvency, employee stock ownership plans, marital dissolutions, general litigation support, and business planning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has particular experience in the plastics industry, as an employee and owner-manager, as well as an appraiser and intermediary. In addition, Mr. Strehlow owned an independent appraisal and business brokerage business. He also served as Vice President and General Manager of Wescorp South, a diversified manufacturing company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is a decorated Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BA, Sir George Williams University, Montreal&lt;br /&gt;Institute of Business Appraisers Courses&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers Seminars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers (Candidate)&lt;br /&gt;Business Opportunity Council of California (Director)&lt;br /&gt;Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)&lt;br /&gt;Professionals Network Group (PNG)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking Engagements and Seminars&lt;br /&gt;Business Brokers Association of Southern California&lt;br /&gt;Business Opportunity Council of Southern California&lt;br /&gt;California Society of CPAs Orange County Chapter&lt;br /&gt;Irvine Valley College Business Administration Division&lt;br /&gt;Orange County Association of Real Estate Investment Brokers&lt;br /&gt;Pepperdine University Business Administration Division&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-4910238310665551807?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/4910238310665551807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/4910238310665551807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/fritz-strehlow-csba.html' title='FRITZ STREHLOW, CSBA'/><author><name>Denise Welch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17733449860346961022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5420690063684412478.post-200630563761959439</id><published>2009-02-11T05:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T22:05:59.935-08:00</updated><title type='text'>TODD B. WOHL, ASA</title><content type='html'>Biography&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Todd Wohl is Managing Director of Auction and Appraisal Services for The Mentor Group. He is a specialist in Oral Outcry auctions, as well as the appraisal of real estate, equipment and inventory. He has sold machinery and equipment in many industries, such as computer, healthcare, automobile, food processing and packaging, printing, retail and numerous others. Also, he has auctioned residential, retail, commercial, and industrial real property.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Wohl is a certified Senior Appraiser and is proficient in the appraisal of personal property and real estate. Among the facilities/industries valued by Mr. Wohl are machine shops; plastics; automobile/trucks; construction equipment, aircraft, rubber, and chemical manufacturing; computer and networking equipment; printing and lithography; video production and editing facilities; die casting; pharmaceuticals; textile; woodworking; laboratories and hospitals; foodservice facilities; food manufacturing – processing – packaging facilities; and retail store equipment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, Mr. Wohl has provided expert witness testimony in numerous state and federal courts regarding market, residual, and liquidation values for clients such as GE Capital, McDonald’s, Nissan Motors, Ford Motor and Primus Financial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prior to joining The Mentor Group, Mr. Wohl worked for two appraisal firms, performing real estate and equipment appraisals, as well as auctions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Education&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;California State University, Northridge&lt;br /&gt;BS, Menlo College&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Professional Affiliations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American Society of Appraisers, Senior Appraiser&lt;br /&gt;California Receivers Forum&lt;br /&gt;American Bankruptcy Institute&lt;br /&gt;National Auctioneers Association&lt;br /&gt;California Bankruptcy Forum&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5420690063684412478-200630563761959439?l=mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/200630563761959439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5420690063684412478/posts/default/200630563761959439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mentorgroupinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/todd-b-wohl-asa.html' title='TODD B. 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