Chris Shepard is Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of Capital Markets at Imperial Capital. Based in Los Angeles, Mr. Shepard has over 15 years experience in financings, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. He has advised on over $5 billion in transactions in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, telecom, industrial, consumer, media, technology, energy, gaming and transportation. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Shepard was an Associate at the Los Angeles office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, a New York-based corporate law firm, where he specialized in public securities and mergers and acquisitions transactions. Mr. Shepard received his B.S. with a concentration in Accounting, an M.B.A. and his J.D. from the University of Michigan.

John E. Mack III is Executive Vice President, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Imperial Capital. Mr. Mack joined Imperial Capital in 2008 as part of the firm’s acquisition of certain assets of USBX Inc., an investment banking firm focused on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Mack was founder and Chief Executive Officer of USBX. Prior to USBX, Mr. Mack served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Protection One, Inc. (NASDAQ: PONE), then the nation's second largest provider of life safety and property monitoring services. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, Mr. Mack held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development, where he was involved in over 200 acquisitions and oversaw the company’s growth from approximately 30,000 subscribers and $17 million in revenue to more than 1.6 million subscribers, $600 million in revenue and an enterprise value of over $2 billion. Before joining Protection One, Mr. Mack was a Senior Executive Officer with Westec Security, Inc. and prior to Westec he was a Senior Executive Officer with MCM, Inc., dba FAFCO Solar of Northern California. Mr. Mack earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Marc Bilbao serves as Co-Head of the Restructuring Group and Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Imperial Capital. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Bilbao was a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Giuliani Capital Advisors and was a member of Giuliani Capital’s Board of Managers and its Commitment Committee. Mr. Bilbao focused on representing companies, senior lenders and creditors in all phases of workouts and restructuring transactions including the development of turnaround business strategies, debt and equity restructurings, and M&A transactions. Prior to joining Giuliani Capital, Mr. Bilbao served as Executive Director in the Debt Restructuring and Workout Group of CIBC World Markets in New York. While in that capacity he played an integral role in the assessment, valuation and management of various distressed assets. Mr. Bilbao has had significant experience in various out-of-court related restructurings including: M&A transactions, debt restructurings, debt for equity swaps, and partnership negotiations. Preceding Mr. Bilbao's involvement in distressed and troubled situations, he held various positions in Leverage Finance Departments of both domestic and foreign banks. Mr. Bilbao received his B.S. in Business Administration from Seattle University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is a member of the New York and Los Angeles Societies of Security Analysts, the Turnaround Management Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute, and is a frequent speaker and panelist on turnaround issues.

Robert Warshauer is Managing Director, Co-Head of Imperial Capital’s Restructuring Advisory Practice, and Manager of the firm’s New York Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Imperial Capital, Mr. Warshauer was a Managing Director at Kroll Zolfo Cooper, where he primarily focused on the firm’s restructuring practice. Previously, Mr. Warshauer was a Managing Director and member of the Board of Directors of Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC, and its predecessor firm, Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC, where he specialized in corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions. As part of his banking and restructuring experience, Mr. Warshauer has served as CEO and President of an international business services and manufacturing company responsible for over 2,500 employees in 16 countries and was President and a member of the Board of Directors of a publicly traded technology company that specialized in the development and manufacture of technologically advanced, energy efficient, LED lighting products. Mr. Warshauer received his M.B.A. from New York University and his B.S.B.A. from Bucknell University. Mr. Warshauer is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute.