Dan Brill, MBA Dan Brill brings more than three decades of senior executive experience at Citibank Markets and Banking in roles spanning risk management, portfolio oversight, restructuring, and leveraged finance. Brill offers a rare combination of frontline restructuring experience, portfolio‑level risk governance, and decades of senior banking judgment, making him a compelling expert for cases involving financial institutions, credit practices, solvency, restructuring, and commercial damages. Brian Craig, Ph.D. Brian Craig’s consulting practice focuses on human factors engineering, organizational safety performance, and the analysis of complex industrial systems. His work centers on identifying how people, technology, and operational environments interact in high hazard industries, with a particular emphasis on preventing human error driven incidents. Craig offers a structured, evidence based approach to explaining how human system interactions contribute to operational outcomes, making him a valuable expert for cases involving workplace safety, industrial operations, and complex accident causation. Frank Gatti, CPA, MBA, NACD Fellow Frank R. Gatti has deep experience in overseeing complex organizations over a career spanning Deloitte, The New York Times Company, and ETS. He led more than $10 billion in M&A, equity, and debt transactions, managed integrations across 70 deals, and built the financial systems, controls, and teams that supported large scale organizational transformation. Gatti also has chaired or served on audit, governance, nominating, finance, and special committees across multiple boards including Blackboard, Prometric, Peoples Education Holdings, the Conference Board, and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) New Jersey Chapter. Ed Grun Ed Grun has provided expert testimony on a number of real estate and construction matters. He retired as a Principal at Gensler and was the worldwide head of Gensler’s hospitality practice. He also served as the Managing Director of Gensler’s Austin office. He is a registered architect and a registered interior designer in Texas and is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Texas Society of Architects. Rob Schmitz, CPA Rob Schmitz recently provided expert testimony in a long-running antitrust case between two oil field service companies. His work was instrumental in the two sides reaching a successful settlement. He retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Flotek Industries, and served as the Chief Accounting Officer at Champion Technologies, and in management roles for Dynegy, Inc. and Shell Oil Company. Rich Schrader, ASCE, MBA Rich Schrader brings extensive experience relevant to litigation involving corporate governance, D&O issues, financial controls, and organizational performance, and has provided expert testimony in governance, executive compensation, and insurance-related disputes for HSG clients. He is the former Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Chief Financial Officer of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), a global engineering and infrastructure firm. His experience with complex government contracts and the U.S. military has been utilized by clients on several engagements. ( See Rich’s bio) Mark Vise, CPA, MBA With decades as CFO, COO, and board level advisor across private equity–backed, public, and global enterprises, Mark Vise has led complex turnarounds, restructured organizations, redesigned financial reporting, and driven large scale operational improvements. He brings a blend of CFO level financial rigor, operational insight, and hands on experience with contracts, controls, project accounting, and organizational performance, making him well suited as a financial expert for litigation matters involving corporate governance, financial reporting, damages analysis, operational failures, or complex business disputes. Terry Welch, MBA Terry Welch has more than four decades of operational, manufacturing, and process safety leadership across the oil, gas, petrochemical, and refining sectors, including top operational roles at BP and Dow Chemical. He brings extensive interactions with international regulatory agencies as well as board level governance experience in energy, manufacturing, and industrial development. With a B.S. in Engineering, an Executive MBA, and Six Sigma certification, Welch offers litigators an expert capable of analyzing operational decisions, safety practices, organizational behavior, and industry standard performance across the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors. |
