Managing Director
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Hunter T. Puckett is the Managing Director of HPC Puckett Advisory Company, located in the Firm's Rancho Santa Fe, California office. Mr. Puckett joined HPC Puckett in August 2007 and manages the transaction process, from strategic planning to the preparation and negotiation of closing documents for each of the Firm's sectors. During his tenure with the Firm, he launched the retail and eye care professional sectors and has initiated hundreds of transactions in those areas. He works with both existing and new clients to design innovative business models respecting possible divestiture, acquisitions, spin-offs, financing, and other industry-related endeavors. In this regard, Mr. Puckett is responsible for the strategic development and overall management of the Firm's business. Since joining the Firm, he has been directly involved in the generation of and closing of hundreds of transactions, and coordinates the various sub-sector interrelationships within the optical industry and their effect on the Firm's clients. In addition, Mr. Puckett assists in the management of the Firm's investments and those of related entities, in combination with strategic planning for the Firm and specialty projects. Mr. Puckett has been a regular speaker and panel moderator at the Vision Expo bi-annual meetings, chairing panels on optical e-commerce, optical retail, and eye care professional consolidation and valuations. Mr. Puckett received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of San Diego in 2004, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, with combined coursework with the University of Denver Graduate Tax Program in 2007. Mr. Puckett is a member of the American Bar Association and the Kansas Bar Association.
