MorrisAnderson Expands Their Services in Indianapolis


CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - October 30, 2008) - MorrisAnderson is pleased to announce that Jack Cochran, a Consulting Manager with the company since July 2000, has relocated to the Indianapolis area. "Jack has extensive experience as a senior consultant and management executive," states Dan Dooley, principal and COO of MorrisAnderson. "He has worked on turnaround and crisis-management consulting assignments for us in a wide variety of industries, including textiles, clothing distribution, candies, printing, oil-field equipment, tooling and fabrication equipment, toys and fiber optics. Jack will now play a critical role in helping us to expand our practice in Indiana, as well as continuing to serve our current client base."

Cochran's expertise includes operational, financial management and consulting experience in manufacturing environments. Cochran has served as interim CEO and CFO in turnarounds, sales and liquidations of businesses. He is particularly skilled in business modeling, inventory management, MIS systems, diagnostic review, turnaround strategy, cash management and cost accounting.

Cochran also has experience as a loan and workout officer, and has managed a number of liquidations/assets sales for both companies and lending institutions.

Prior to joining MorrisAnderson, Cochran served in senior-management positions, including CFO and COO for middle-market manufacturing companies in several industries, including contract packaging, cosmetics manufacturing, oil-field services and distribution.

The author of several management articles, Cochran holds a BSBA from the University of Oklahoma and has completed an Educational Administrators Certificate Program (MBA format) at the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

More about MorrisAnderson:

Now celebrating its 28th anniversary, Chicago-based MorrisAnderson has offices in New York, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Cleveland and St. Louis. The firm's service offerings include performance improvement, financial advisory, investment banking, interim management, lender services, turnarounds, workouts, litigation support, valuation, information technology services, and insolvency services and wind-downs. MorrisAnderson emphasizes hands-on involvement for companies with $20 million to $200 million in annual sales.

Contact Information: For More Information: Marjorie Dunn Manager, Marketing & Communications 312/254-0892

Jack Cochran, Consulting Manager with MorrisAnderson