Arnon Garonzik

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Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 (484) 645-0133 (cell) agaronzik@verizon.net

President & CEO / Chief Legal Officer / Chief Administrative Officer

Engineering & Construction / Environmental Services / International
Value Proposition:
A unique blend of executive leadership, business management, legal, corporate administration and
technical expertise combined with the interpersonal skills that engender stakeholder loyalty and promote
teamwork and vision achievement.

Executive Summary:
Accomplished C-level business management executive in the environmental engineering and
construction services industry. Extensive industry Chief Legal Officer experience. Skilled in driving start-
up businesses to profitable maturity and in transition management required by changing business
environments and shareholder preferences. Actively engaged in driving revenue growth through personal
involvement in the business development process and personal sales achievement. International
transactional experience in Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Business focus exposure included
nuclear and fossil-fueled power plant engineering and construction, hazardous industrial and utility waste
disposal, construction management and construction claims consulting, international environmental
engineering and consulting and environmental construction services and contaminated site remediation.

Core Executive Competencies:

Executive Leadership ▪ P &L Responsibility ▪ Financial and Cash Management
Sales and Operational Planning ▪ Strategic Planning ▪ Budgeting
Balanced Scorecard ▪ Driving Sales & Revenue Growth and Client Satisfaction
Startups ▪ Domestic and International Corporate Development
Reorganizations ▪ Turnaround and Transition Management
Risk Management ▪ Complex Litigation Management
Board Meeting Management ▪ Large Contract Negotiation and Implementation

Selected Achievements:

• Turnaround of ECOR Solutions (2006-2009) Following untimely departure of interim

president, turned around a business with no sales force, no sales, declining revenues, no cash or
profits and poor employee morale such that 2nd half 2009 EBITDA rate exceeded 22%. 2009 was
the company’s most profitable year since 1990.
• Transition Management and Startups at ECOR Solutions (1999-2002) Transitioned the spin-
out of an environmental construction subsidiary from the exclusive market pipeline of an
international environmental engineer/consultant to independent status by starting up two new
business service lines in new markets and by M&A. Built from a small acquisition a now $8+
million food manufacturing residual waste management business producing gross margins
greater than 22%. Managed the start-up of a new, now $4+ million federal market sector
operations and maintenance business producing gross margins greater than 30%.
• Successfully Managed Complex Plaintiff Litigation at ECOR Solutions (2002-2009)
Provided executive leadership during a business-threatening site remediation project from hell,
sued the client and its engineer, and recovered for the company $7.6 million in settlement
payments. Also managed 20 other litigation matters during my career.
• Corporate Development Director then President of ERM-Latin America and Caribbean
(1993-2000) Performed all merger and acquisition activities necessary to acquire four
environmental consulting companies in Latin America. Managed their development through
strategic and operational planning and use of the Balanced Scorecard. Grew the companies
to become collectively the parent company’s most profitable international region in 1999.
• Managed Hill International’s Acquisition of Gibbs & Hill Engineers, 1988’s largest
engineering industry M&A transaction. Also managed 14 other M&A transactions during my
career.
Experience:
ECOR Solutions, Inc. (formerly ERM C&O Services) West Chester, PA

President, CEO & Director 1999 - 2002, 2005 - December 2009

Senior Vice President & General Counsel 2003 - 2005
$25-30 million, privately held environmental construction and site remediation
contractor. At Board’s request stepped down to manage critical plaintiff litigation.
Key Accomplishments:
• Managed the preparation of the 2008-2012 strategic plan re-focusing the future growth of the
company on its “green” and “sustainable” businesses

• Sold two, multi-million dollar US Superfund Site remediation projects in the Philadelphia
region – project-to-date revenues exceed $17 million. Repeatedly Company’s top salesman.

• Managed over a five year period the regulatory approval process of a US Superfund Site from
the Feasibility Study phase through the issuance of the Record of Decision and Consent Decree
• Following a major client’s insolvency, implemented and managed a cash management plan
that successfully steered the company through its most difficult cash shortage period

Accountabilities:
• Directed all aspects of the company with full
P&L responsibility

• Recruited, selected and provided guidance and

direction to senior management and administrative staffs and on occasion terminated non-
performing senior management

• Maintained positive stakeholder relationships

with owners, board, lenders, clients and vendors

• Selected and implemented Deltek Vision for the

company’s financial management and CRM system and became the company’s main “power
user”

• Devised methods to reduce SG&A expenses by

using outsourced expertise instead of in-house staff, saving the company 1.5% in its SG&A rate

• Annually secured property and casualty

insurance and health and welfare benefit plan insurances for the company reducing SG&A
expense with each renewal
Environmental Resources Management, Inc. (“ERM”) Exton, PA
Principal & General Counsel 1989 to 1999
$500+ million, privately held international environmental engineer and consultant.
Key Accomplishments:
• Managed the reorganization of ERM’s domestic companies from a group of 25+
subchapter S corporations to a single parent, personal services organization still taxed as a
partnership
Other Key Positions Held:
• President & CEO – ERM Latin America & Caribbean Region
• Board Chairman – 4 Latin America region subsidiaries
• Board Member – 11 domestic subsidiaries
• National Director – 8 environmental construction subsidiaries

Hill International, Inc. (1985-1988), Envirosafe Services, Inc.* and IU Conversions

Systems, Inc.* (1979-1985), United Engineers & Constructors, Inc.* (1974-1979)
Career progressed through legal and administrative positions eventually attaining CLO
and CAO roles. (* Subsidiaries of public Fortune 500 companies)
Education: Villanova University School of Law Villanova, PA
Juris Doctor 1974
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 1971
Minor in Business from Wharton School

Security Clearances: U.S. Department of Energy “Q” Clearance