Aaron Gillum is a finance and strategic management professional with industry experiences in manufacturing, telecommunications, retail, government, health care and financial services. His skill set extends to turnarounds, organizational change, financial management, private equity investment, sales and marketing strategy, and beyond.

Mr. Gillum’s restructuring experience with distressed and underperforming companies includes advising a $130 million furniture manufacturer with a national retail franchise base on its operational improvement initiatives and eventual equity sale to a private equity group. He also advised the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of a $200 million residential home products manufacturer which involved the asset sale of all five subsidiaries to multiple private equity and corporate investors. Mr. Gillum also performed a business plan assessment and served as financial and strategic advisor during the restructuring process of a $20 million educational supply company with 33 retail stores and catalog distribution.

Before joining MorrisAnderson, he was a senior associate and later a manager with Diamond Management & Technology Consultants. While there, he specialized in strategic and organizational change, and managed a $100 million program for a national cable company to achieve a four-year savings of $42 million. He also developed an operational strategy for a regional health system to stabilize and grow market share, and redesigned a financial services spin-off company to create efficient staffing models and define common processes.

As an automotive procurement specialist with Covisint, LLC, Mr. Gillum led an online auction account for DaimlerChysler, Mitsubishi North America and Freightliner; resulting in a projected savings of more than $100 million. He has worked alongside many automotive suppliers and buyers to enhance their procurement departments and increase savings.

A graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree with honors in economics and public policy, Mr. Gillum earned a MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is also conversant in Spanish.