Bio

With more than 18 years of performance improvement and advisory experience, Mr. Beetz has advised private equity sponsors and corporate executives across a wide range of industries, including retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, technology, media and publishing. He has held multiple interim management positions in both operating and performance improvement roles, and co-founded A&M PEPI’s Cost Optimization service offering. Mr. Beetz’s notable assignments include: supporting a $1 billion multi-level marketing company experiencing sharp declines in revenue by quickly identifying and executing over $105 million of improvements in cost structure and profitability; assisting a $1.2 billion emergency services provider with developing and implementing a cost optimization program to address declining EBITDA and increasing costs, resulting in $70 million of EBITDA improvements identified and realized in the first twelve months, with additional EBITDA improvements forecasted in the upcoming fiscal year; advising a $5 billion global metals and electronics recycling business with a cost optimization assessment and implementation program, with more than $60 million of near-term EBITDA improvement opportunities identified. Additionally, Mr. Beetz helped a $1.2 billion communications and technology business with a cost optimization assessment and implementation program, including significant reduction in complexity of product portfolio and commercial processes and implementation of a global pricing and margin recovery program. He also assisted a $1 billion fragrance and cosmetics business with the execution of a broad-based performance improvement program, serving as an interim member of the company’s executive team, to deliver more than $50 million of EBITDA improvements over ~15 months. Mr. Beetz earned a bachelor’s degree in finance (with a concentration in accounting and economics) from The University of Iowa. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.