Karl Maier
Karl Maier is the founder of Abunden.
Over the past three decades Karl has helped private companies build value through strategic advice based on financial analysis in acquisitions, restructuring and rapid growth situations.
Karl is known for providing outside the box observations and insights that create outsized value to his clients.
Scroll down to see some of the many examples of how Karl's experience can create value for your company.
Decades of Guiding Companies to Higher Profits with Financial Analysis and Experience
Over the course of his career, Karl's experience includes:
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Found over $1.5 million of cash flow for an industrial distribution company through inventory management.
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Identified $300 thousand of profits for a chemical company through higher prices and gross margins.
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Guided an industrial services company to start a new line of service to grow revenues by 20% in one year.
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Showed a software company how to improve their profits by 200% with changes to their pricing strategy.
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Guided a company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy by improving their cash flow and finding new financing.
Over the course of his career, Karl's experience includes:
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Full-time CFO for an Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) services company supporting large projects like the $25 billion PNG LNG project. Sales grew by a factor of 7X in four years with his guidance.
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Full-time CFO for a distributor of industrial pipe, valve and fitting to the energy industry. Sales grew by 5X in three years on his watch.
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Corporate transaction experience with private equity, family-owned and investment bank situations. The transactions ranged up to $200M in enterprise value.
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Ran team calculating collateralized mortgage bond (CMO) payments of over $1 billion per month.
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Ran cost studies which identified over $4M profit improvement in one year for a department at Chase Bank
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Started career in Ernst and Young's Consulting Group.
Education and Certifications:
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CPA for 30 years.
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Certified Turnaround Analyst and business valuation certifications.
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Karl received his MBA concentrating in Information System and his B.A. in Economics from Rice University in Houston, Texas.