Bio

Joseph is the managing partner and founding member of Chicago based consulting and advisory firm Kreshmore Group. Joseph is primarily tasked with the oversight of the existing restructure and M&A platform, implementation of strategic initiatives, project management, and key client relationship management. Joseph steers Kreshmore’s overall vision with the help of a highly experienced consulting staff. Joseph’s background is a mix of restructure/corporate renewal as well as capital markets transactional advisory. In the restructure realm, Joseph specializes in liquidity management, crisis management, balance sheet restructure, and organizational change. In this capacity, Joseph has served as both an interim and fractional CFO. Through Kreshmore Group, Joseph has served in these roles for private equity sponsored companies and other privately held middle-market companies. Over the course of his career Joseph has closed a multitude of transactions in virtually every industry with a special emphasis on transportation, multi-unit retail chains, clinical medicine, and distribution / wholesale. Joseph has been successful in pushing the fold of capital stack creativity by leveraging equity, complex subordinated structures, traditional financial offerings, and municipal incentives. Joseph currently sits on the board of C Fit Corporation (Charter Fitness), Forest City Diagnostic Imaging LLC, and Indiana Regional Imaging Center in addition to serving as an advisor to a plethora of others. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was both a James Scholar and proud recipient of the Bronze Tablet award. Professionally, Joseph holds a Series 65 license. Away from the office he enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, fishing, and traveling. Joseph prides himself on his personal relations with clients and business associates which has become deeply engrained in the Kreshmore culture and is identified as one of the biggest strategic advantages of the firm.