Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Expert Witness and Business/Estate Appraiser

HERBERT B. SIEGEL
860 Executive Towers, #3T
Long Beach, NY 11561
(516) 431-7300 FAX: (516) 431-8153
e-mail: Herb.whitestone@verizon.net



Executive Summary

· Former CEO of Major Public Companies.
· Certified Professional Management Consultant
· Chartered Consultant
· Ph.D. in International Business Law.
· Qualified Expert Witness.
· Academy Certified Diplomate.
· Qualified in International Merger & Acquisitions and Intellectual Property Law.
· More than 25 years Experience in Domestic and Multinational Industries.
· Author of over 25 Professional Publications and Presentations on Management, Administration, Corporate Finance, Turnarounds, and Privatization.



INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE


1989 – May, 2006 Founder, and Principal Officer, of The Whitestone Consulting Group, Ltd., of New York, California, and Arizona, (www.whitestoneltd.com) a firm of professional management and turnaround consultants providing business services across a wide spectrum of industries. A partial list of our expertise includes electronics, telecommunications, video conferencing, jewelry fabrications, commercial lenders, manufacturers of precision mechanical and electronic components assemblies, furniture, and apparel products, retail specialty chain stores and department stores, multinational corporations, exothermic chemical fractionators, Calcining aggregates, oil refineries, restaurant installations, Multi-national Corporations, and other service providers (Partial list of clients available on request).

Professional assignments include providing expert witness reports and testimony, preparing comprehensive business plans for IPO’s and investment banking opportunities, strategic marketing studies, merger and acquisition studies, forensic audits and business appraisals and asset valuations, corporate rehabilitation plans, ISO qualifying methodologies, implementing corporate governance policies, intellectual property protection, supply chain and materials handling systems, business valuations, litigation counseling, privatizing state-owned enterprises, Comparative legal Systems, legal systems in radically different cultures, and multi-national reorganization proceedings.

1983 - 1989 President, and Chief Operating Officer of Deerhill Development Corporation and Subsidiaries (Sales: $250 million):
- Seal-Kap Packaging Company, a manufacturer of food and drink containers.
- Quaker City Steel Corporation, a quasi-public steel products fabricator.
- J. Ramsey Reese, Inc., a multiple-facility fabricator of high precision electronic, metal and plastic components.
- JRR-BC Buying Consortium, Inc., an outsourced buying agency for Fortune 500 manufacturers.
- Columbia Professional Baseball Team, Inc. (NY Mets farm team)

1979 - 1982 President and Chief Operating Officer of National Silver Industries, Inc.,
and Subsidiaries (Sales: $200 million; AMEX symbol: NSI), a multinational import/exporter of precious metals and giftware items, and fabricator of House wares and silver-plated Hollowware.
- F.B. Rogers Silver Company
- National Silver Company, Inc.
- NSI International (Italy, Japan, Taiwan, China)

1971 - 1978 President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee in bankruptcy reorganization of Toys R Us, et al. (Sales: $10.5 bn; NYSE),
retail chain of 800 specialty stores, 50 Dept. stores
250 Topps discount stores, and White-Front appliance properties.


FORMER OUTSIDE DIRECTORSHIPS

- Neisner Bros. Department Stores, Inc.
Court-Appointed Bankruptcy Trustee
- The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburg
Chairman: Mortgage, Real Estate Valuation,
Audit, and Executive committees of a $1 billion Savings Bank.
- White Front Appliance and Furniture Stores, Inc.
Court-Appointed Bankruptcy Trustee
- Topps Discount Stores, Inc.
Court-Appointed Bankruptcy Trustee
- National Coin Entertainment, Inc.
Interim President
- Tritium Credit Card Services, Inc.
Interim Director of Strategic Planning
- Magrill Brothers, Inc.
Professional Consultant-in-residence
- Fin-Tec Video-Phone Corporation
Interim Chairman
- Silver-Gull Pacific Realty & Development Corporation
Major shareholder
- Havemeyer Equities, Inc. (Bank-owned real estate holding company)
- Interstate Department Stores
Chairman
- United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau, Inc (non-profit).
Voluntary Executive Vice-President
- Lionville Packaging Company, Inc.
Interim President
- Motorcycle Malls of America, Inc.
Consultant to Board of Directors.
- Coast-To-Coast Marketing Company of America, Inc.
Consultant to Board of Directors
- NY-Pacific Real Estate Exchange, Inc.
Principal Shareholder.
-Advanced Rehabilitation and Pain Control Centers of Brandon, Inc.
Interim President
- Emle Industries, Inc.
Interim President
- Swissco Automotive Component Industries, Inc.
Interim President

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association (Associate)
International Bar Association
American Academy of Professional Consultants and Experts
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Consultants League
American Lawyer Expert Witness & Consultants Network
American Management Association
American MENSA, Ltd.
American Society of Appraisers
International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
International Studies Association
National Association of Corporate Directors
New York Academy of Sciences
New York University Alumni Club
Prime Raters Financial Club
Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR)
TASA
Turnaround Management Association
United Cerebral Palsy
Who’s Who in America


ACCREDITATIONS

Arbitrator/ Mediator
Certified Professional Consultant
Chartered Consultant (U.K.)
Expert Witness
Thesis Examiner - Rutgers University, Graduate School of Banking
Guest Lecturer: Yale University, Graduate School of Management and Organization.
: New York Board of Realtors.
: Prime Raters Financial Club
Security Clearance: Top Secret Codeword (inactive)


PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

· Chapter Ten from a Trustee’s View, The Financial Executive, July 1983.
· The Entropy of the Deficit, San Francisco Times, February 1995.
· Corporate Rehabilitation’s After Bankruptcy, A Thesis, September 1995
· The Masquerade of Cost-Cutting, The Financial Times, March 1996.
· Market Economics For Multinational Corporations, The Harvard Business Review, January 1997
· International Trade and The Competitive Environment: (How Trade-
related Disputes Effect Labor, Business, Government, and Laws), The Financial Times, July 1997
· Statistics That Measure The Wealth of Multinational Companies, The International Executive, June 1998
· Privatizing: A Social Milestone or Millstone? A Published Doctoral Dissertation, June 1999
· Lecture Series:
-Leadership Techniques.
-Strategic Marketing Processes.
-Statistics: How They Work, and Their Usage. -Operating Projections: Methodologies and Usage.
-Accounting Strategies for Multinational Corporations.
-Developments in Organizational Behavior in International Business Environments.
-Optimizing Retail Space (New York Board of Realtors)
· Other Articles & Presentations:
-Avoiding Escalation in Business Conflicts.
-Detecting Bias, Finagling, and Fraud in Publicly Owned Companies. -Fraudulent Research.
-The Scientific Revolution.
-The Clash Between Eastern Culture and Western Law.
-Organized Business Writings.
-Aristocracizing America.
-Humanizing Privatization.
-Restructuring Corporate America.
-Using Cultural Persuasions in Multinational Business Environments.
-The Changing American Business Culture.
-Re-educating the Socially Handicapped.
-Calculating Business Risks.
-The Trend to Disenfranchise Corporate Chiefs.
-Industrial Transformation or Progress by Accident?

LANGUAGES: Comprehensible Russian; Conversational proficiency in German.

EDUCATION:

Columbia Pacific University, BA, Management & Administration
NYU, Graduate School of Business, MBA program (Corporate Finance)
Harvard University, Graduate School of Business, Executive Training Program
Columbia University, Ph.D., International Business Law
The American Academy of Certified Consultants and Experts-
Diplomate (ACD)
Post Doctoral:

The College of Law of England and Wales:
International Practice Delegate:
-International Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
-International Intellectual Property Law.