Neil Beaton is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services in Seattle. He specializes in the valuation of public and privately held businesses and intangible assets for purposes of litigation support (lost profits claims, marriage dissolutions and others), acquisitions, sales, buy-sell agreements, ESOPs, incentive stock options and estate planning and taxation. He also performs economic analysis for personal injury claims, wrongful termination and wrongful death actions.

John Sawyer is a Managing Director with the A&M Valuation Services practice in Seattle. He specializes in the valuation of public and privately held businesses and complex financial instruments for purposes of tax reporting, financial statement reporting and strategic consulting.

Mark Schmidt is a Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal Private Equity Services Operations Group in Seattle. He brings 15 years of experience in hands-on operations, manufacturing and supply chain performance improvement. Mr. Schmidt has an extensive value creation track record in pre-acquisition diligence and post-acquisition performance improvement.