Bio

Mr. Lontz has over 25 years of experience in private equity, executive management, finance, sales and marketing, technology and operations. Most recently, Mr. Lontz led the carve out of Dent Wizard International Corporation - an industry leader in automotive reconditioning services - from the Manheim Auctions division of Cox Enterprises. The Dent Wizard transaction was particularly challenging as the company was not being auctioned for sale and was critical to the parent company's ongoing operations while also integrated with the parent company's management systems. Mr. Lontz and his team partnered with a leading global private equity firm and a group of senior and mezzanine lenders to successfully consummate the acquisition in November 2010. After orchestrating the pre-transaction diligence and planning, Mr. Lontz served as interim CEO - recruiting and forming the executive management team and executing the critical 100 day post-transaction plan. Prior to his involvement with Dent Wizard, Mr. Lontz served in several leadership positions (including CEO, COO and CFO roles) with companies in business services, marketing services and technology industries following a successful early career in corporate finance with Bank of America and First Union (now Wells Fargo) and their predecessors. In these corporate finance roles, Mr. Lontz assisted clients with the development and execution of treasury, debt and capital strategies to support operations, recapitalizations and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Lontz earned a B.Sc. from Davidson College in North Carolina and a MBA from Emory University's Goizueta School of Business. Mr. Lontz resides in Denver, CO and is married with one son.