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Robert O. Riiska, Managing Director and head of Focus? West Coast practice, has more than 20 years of turnaround and crisis-management experience, including Chapter 11, financial analysis and cash management. Bob has performed numerous consulting assignments and served in interim senior financial-management capacities. Bob's consulting assignments have included the preparation of budgets used to obtain DIP financing, due diligence reviews, cash management for companies operating in Chapter 11, business plan assessments and viability analyses. In a recent engagement, Bob served as the Financial Advisor to Monaco Coach Corporation, a leading manufacturer of recreational vehicles, during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The sale of the Company's operating assets was completed to Navistar, Inc. Bob also recently served as Financial Advisor to the DIP lenders of Hartmarx Corporation, the largest manufacturer of men's suits and sport coats in the United States, where he provided close support for the secured lender group, including on-site monitoring of the company's operations, CRO activities, and various plans and initiatives of the company and its CRO. He reviewed its 13-week rolling cash flow and advised the lender group on viability of the forecasts and related budgets. Bob served as Consultant to Advanced Marketing Services, a leading provider of merchandising, wholesaling, distribution and publishing services to the book industry, in its Chapter 11 filing. The Company had operations in the U.S., Mexico, the United Kingdom and Australia and employed approximately 1,200 people worldwide. In a consulting engagement prior to joining Focus, Bob served as the Chief Financial Officer of a troubled publicly-traded telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Bob is a Certified Public Accountant. Turnarounds & Workouts magazine acknowledged Bob's outstanding achievements in its listing of People to Watch2009, Business Professionals Making their Mark?.