The RMG team and its advisors possess substantial management, investment and operational experience as well as significant relationships with some of the most successful investment banks, venture capital firms, technology companies, industrial companies and buyout firms.
RMG’s advisors comprise decades of senior management and executive experience spanning multiple industries and disciplines. Their expertise is among the best in their respective industries and they serve as an invaluable resource. Please click on an industry to the left to see who they are and learn more about them.
Chris Bills
Most recently, Chris Bills was President and CEO of Summit Group Incorporated (SGI), a premier owner and manager of quality upscale lodging properties. SGI owns more than 60 limited service hotels across the United States. Mr. Bills has a background in finance, sales, sales management, and general management. In addition to managing day-to-day operations of SGI, Mr. Bill's responsibilities include acquisitions and working with and identifying equity partners. Prior to joining SGI, Mr. Bills was the General Manager and Executive Vice President of US Bancorp Healthcare Finance, formerly Secured Funding. He served as Secured Funding's Director of Sales at its point of inception and later was promoted to the position of General Manager. Mr. Bills started his career with Schwan's Sales Enterprises as a Regional Sales Manager. Mr. Bills graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Finance.
Dr. Heinz C. Schimmelbusch
Dr. Heinz C. Schimmelbusch was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Metallurg, Inc., in November 2002. Dr. Schimmelbusch has been Chairman of the Board and a Director of Metallurg, Inc., as well as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Metallurg Holdings, Inc. (Metallurg, Inc.'s parent company), since July 1998. Dr. Schimmelbusch is also the Managing Director and Founder of Safeguard International Fund, L.P., a private equity fund investing in North America and Europe; and Chairman and CEO of Allied Resource Corporation, a global technology and engineering group. Dr. Schimmelbusch has served on the Board of Directors of Allianz Versicherungs AG, Munich; Mobil Oil AG, Hamburg, Germany; Teck Corporation, Vancouver, Canada; and a Member of the Advisory Board of Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany; Creditanstalt AG, Vienna, Austria; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London; and of Hermes Kreditversicherungs-AG, Hamburg, Germany.
Dr. Schimmelbusch also served as a member of the Presidency of the Federation of Germany Industries (BDI), Cologne, and Chairman of its Environmental Committee; and member of the Presidency of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris. Mr. Schimmelbusch received his graduate degree (with distinction) and his doctorate (magna cum laude) from the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Gerald P. Chase
Gerald P. Chase is President and Chief Operating Officer of New Castle Hotels, which owns, operates and develops hotels, conference centers and resorts in the United States and Canada under Westin, Hilton, Marriott, and Sheraton brands, as well as a number of highly distinctive independent properties. Including projects under development, New Castle Hotels currently owns and/or operates 20 hotels and resorts in 8 states and Atlantic Canada, totaling approximately 2,900 rooms, generating annual revenues of over $145 million. As President/COO Gerry is in charge of hotel and resort operations and company subsidiaries. He also coordinates all takeover activities and is extensively involved in feasibility evaluations for new projects. Gerry began his career over 30 years ago with Marriott Hotels and his background encompasses management assignments in every aspect of hotel operations. Prior to joining New Castle Hotels as a significant shareholder in 1988, Gerry has or currently participates on marketing and owners advisory committees with Starwood and Hilton. He also is a board member of HILMAC and is Chairman of the Hilton Owners Advisory committee.
Harry N. Walters
Mr. Walters is a General Partner with Lafayette Equity Fund in Washington. D.C. Mr. Walters has served as a director of 12 corporations and as Chairman of the Board of eight. From 1994 to 1996, he was Chief Executive Officer of DHC Holdings, a company established to facilitate and finance major acquisitions. Prior to that, Mr. Walters was President and Chief Executive Officer of Great Lakes Carbon Corp., a $500 million international manufacturer of carbon-based and artificial graphite industrial products. In addition to his work in the private sector, Mr. Walters had a lengthy career in public service, serving in the Reagan Administration as Assistant Secretary of the Army and as Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Harry is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
James H. Davis
Mr. Davis has thirty-five years of executive and general management in the manufacturing, industrial products, environmental service and chemical industries. Prior to joining FIS, he was COO of Quanex Corporation, a $900 million publicly traded manufacturer of value-added steel and aluminum products with fourteen plants and 3500 employees. From 1990 to 1993, Jim served as President and CEO of Horsehead Resources Development Company, Inc., a publicly owned environmental service business formed by Horsehead Industries. While at Horsehead, Jim was responsible for leading their initial public offering. Mr. Davis served in the United States Marine Corps; hold a Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Juergen F. Kremer
Juergen F. Kremer is a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Allied Resource Corporation, an industrial services company based on advanced material technologies. Mr. Kremer serves on the Board of Directors of several industrial and enviromental service firms such as Puralube, Sudamin and Aura. Mr. Kremer is a former Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Metallgesellschaft Corp. (New York, NY) and has served on various Boards including Metallbank GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and MG-First Boston Ltd. (New York, NY).
Jerry Lee
Mr. Lee is a retired partner of Ernst & Young. From 1979 to 1989 he was the Managing Partner of the Philadelphia area. From 1990 until his retirement in 1995 he was a member of the firm’s worldwide multinational partner group. Mr. Lee has extensive merger and acquisition and international experience. Mr. Lee currently serves as a Director of CYBEX International (AMEX), eResearch (NASDAQ), PetroChem International and Executive Health Group.
Dr. Leon Starr
Dr. Starr is a senior executive who has held significant positions at both the corporate as well as operating company levels. From 1986-1990, Dr. Starr was the President of the Research Division and corporate Vice President of Technology for Hoechst Celanese. Prior to that, Dr. Starr was President of Celanese Research Company. Dr. Starr has particular expertise in technology, management, planning, organization structure, communications, strategy development and environmental issues. He has negotiated licensing/joint venture agreements throughout Europe and Japan. Presently Dr. Starr is President of Lee Starr Associates a consulting firm specializing in strategic technology/business management, R&D organization planning, R&D commercialization and environmental management. Dr. Starr received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of Missouri and his B.S. in Chemistry at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Nils A. Kindwall
Mr. Kindwall was the Vice Chairman of Freeport McMorRan, Inc. and a Director of Inmet Mining Corporation. At Freeport, Mr. Kindwall was one of the founders of Freeport Indonesia, now one of the world's largest copper and gold deposits. He is known in the mining industry for innovative financing of new, large projects. He is also a former member of Chemical Bank's Advisory Board and a former Director of John Wiley & Sons. Mr. Kindwall received his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Robert L. Hoguet
Mr. Hoguet's background includes both investment banking and financial management. From 1989 to 1995, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Horsehead Resource Development Company, a market leading environmental recycling company. Between 1973 and 1989, he was with Kidder Peabody and Prudential Securities, where he led specialty-financing groups as a Managing Director and helped corporate and municipal clients to raise over $8 billion. Mr. Hoguet graduated from Harvard College in 1963 and holds an LLB from New York University Law School and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Ray Kao Chairman and CEO of CipherMax
Ray has over 20 years of experience in information technology industry, including 10 years of CEO & CTO responsibilities, and 10 years of senior engineering management and product design and development. Ray is also a seasoned entrepreneur with a good track record of developing innovative technologies into business. Before founding CipherMax, Ray was the Chairman and founding CEO of Polaris Networks, which provides new generation multiservice optical transport and switching solutions. Before founding Polaris Networks, Ray was the founder, CTO and VP of R&D of TransMedia Communications which delivered the industry's first carrier-class Voice over IP media gateway solution. The company was acquired by Cisco in September 1999. Before founding TransMedia, Ray was the chief architect at Stratacom/Cisco for several generations of multiservice switching products. Prior to Cisco, Ray was a key designer on various networking products at Digital Equipment Corporation. Ray has received several awards and patents in the areas of high-performance multiservice and multimedia system design. He has presented and served as a panel expert at numerous networking, storage, & security conferences and is also a board member and technical consultant for several leading high-tech companies. In 2002, Ray received Red Herring’s Top 10 Innovators award. Ray holds an MSEE degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a BSEE degree from National Chiao Tung University. He also conducted advanced research at MIT.
Robert L. Sunderman
Mr. Sunderman is a senior executive with over 30 years of combined experience in the operation of smelters, refineries, mines, power plants, and oil and gas exploration. Mr. Sunderman joined Allied in 1996, following an eight-year term as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ZCA. Mr. Sunderman’s career with St. Joe began in 1967 serving in various operating and management capacities, culminating as President from 1984 to 1987. In 1979, when St. Joe Minerals Corporation shut down their zinc operation, Mr. Sunderman restructured and restarted the zinc operations business, building it into a $250M business by 1987. Mr. Sunderman received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University.
William Smelas
Mr. Smelas was President of Horsehead's EAF Dust recycling division (HRD) from 2002 - 2004. He served as President of all of Horsehead's zinc & recycling operations (ZCA / HRD) from 1997 - 2001. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President of HRD and was an integral part of the team that developed and commercialized the EAF Dust recycling industry. Prior to his roles at HRD, Mr. Smelas held various managerial and engineering roles at the New Jersey Zinc Company including Director of Manufacturing, Manager of Production and Maintenance and Superintendent of the Roasting and Acid Department. He has extensive knowledge in manufacturing, production and engineering in the metals and chemicals industries. Mr. Smelas received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
