About Christina Carroll
Christina E. Carroll is a Managing Director, Valuation & Transaction Opinions, and Los Angeles Office Leader, at Stout Risius Ross, LLC (Stout). Ms. Carroll has over 30 years of financing experience in finance, valuation, strategy, capital markets, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Stout, she was a director of financial advisory services at Houlihan Lokey, Inc. Ms. Carroll also previously held managerial positions at Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”), including a partner in valuation and transaction advisory services and Los Angeles City Leader for the Center for Strategic Transactions.
She is a director on the board of Stout and previously served on the board of The Chefs’ Warehouse (NASDAQ:CHEF). Ms. Carroll holds a B.A. in Business Economics and MBA from UCLA and is a Charted Financial Analyst. She also was on the board of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, having held various positions and served on various committees since 2008 including corporate secretary and treasurer.
About Tom Wilson
Tom H. Wilson, Jr. is a Managing Partner at DecisionPoint Advisors, a boutique investment bank headquartered in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Wilson is a seasoned business executive with over 35 years of experience in the technology industry. His transaction experience includesbuy-side and sell-side assignments within numerous technology sectors including software, analytics, managed services, and consulting.
Prior to joining DecisionPoint, Mr. Wilson served as Chairman and CEO of NuTech Solutions, an innovative analytics software company which was acquired by Netezza (NYSE:NZ). At NuTech, Mr. Wilson was instrumental in refocusing the company, raising equity and debt financing, and leading the efforts to sell the company to a strategic buyer. Prior to joining NuTech, he was President of Osprey, a consulting and systems integration firm. Prior to his work at Osprey, Mr. Wilson was employed by IBM for 14 years in a variety of management and sales positions.
He is a member of the board of directors of Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ: JKHY), an S&P 500 FinTech company providing technology solutions to the financial services industry where he serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Wilson holds a B.S. in Finance from Clemson University and an MBA from Duke University. He has served on the board and as Chairman of several community organizations including the US National Whitewater Center, NC Innovative Development for Economic Advancement (NC IDEA), UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics, Junior Achievement, the Charlotte Ballet, and the United Way.
NN, Inc., a diversified industrial company, combines advanced engineering and production capabilities within-depth materials science expertise to design and manufacture high-precision components and assemblies for a variety of markets on a global basis. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, NN has 50 facilities in North America, Europe, South America and China.
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