About us

Mark E. Gauthier has served as CEO, President, and partner in several private companies as an entrepreneur. He has worked on multiple start-ups and mid-sized companies, private equity, and strategic partner placements. In the C-Suite, he founded consulting practices for “Big 4” accounting firms and worked as a credit and loan policy executive for a major commercial bank. He has provided advisory services to businesses across industry lines in corporate strategy, acquisitions and divestitures, debt issuance, capital structuring, operational analysis and improvement, succession, valuation, dispute resolution, and bankruptcy.

Highlights:

• Completed over 75 major consulting projects for clients in industries including healthcare, banking, manufacturing, restaurants, automotive, mining, agriculture, real estate, distribution, major league sports, information technology
• Successfully raised venture capital, secured strategic partners, negotiated debt, restructured financings, and provided advisory services on the buy and sell-side for his and client companies.
• Advisory deliverables have included oral and written commentary, operational analyses, valuation reports, strategic plans, feasibility studies, forecasts, and projections and written and oral testimony in hearings and courts of law including federal, state, local and bankruptcy courts
• President/owner of the second-largest Krispy Kreme Doughnuts franchise, winning multiple sales awards while navigating the company during a period when more than half of franchisees failed. Introduced hub and spoke system in response to customer freshness demands which is the standard today in many markets and reduced operating costs 38%.
• CEO of E3 Solutions, a young company with patent-pending technology and processes to remove wastewater. Recruited to vet technology and market potential; identified core product challenges to minimize shareholder risk and refined primary selling points. Defined key business and strategic objectives and legitimized concept through website development, marketing plan, and product testing.
• Executive VP/partner for Eangler, Inc. As a founding partner of this startup internet company, raised $11.6mm in seed and strategic partner capital while developing the concept and site architecture for the top-viewed website for fishing enthusiasts
• His financial forecasting and valuation experience includes work with entities such as restaurants, distributors, manufacturing concerns, real estate developments, hospitals, retirement communities, and real estate developers.
• Ernst & Young LLP Director of Economic and Financial Consulting
• Arthur Andersen LLP Director of Financial and Advisory Services
• Louisiana State University, B.S. Accounting; University of Tampa, M.B.A.