SAMA Conference Booklet - Berkeley Research Group

Featured SpeakersJP Gough, CEOOranage County Business BankJP Gough is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Orange County Business Bank, which opened its doors on December 26,2002. Before forming the bank, JP had a very diverse financial career, including:World Bank (in the areas of urban planning & development and in venture capital in Latin America),Merrill Lynch (special projects for executive management and ongoing risk management assessment of all trading &underwriting of equities, fixed-income and derivatives worldwide for the Executives and Board of Directors);Manufacturers Hanover Trust (commercial credit and lending in Latin America), andDeloitte & Touche advising ministries of finance, central banks and commercial banks of all sizes worldwide (GlobalDirector, Financial Institutions Advisory Services Group).JP was also a candidate for the US Senate from California in 1999-2000.Ron Greenspan, Senior Managing DirectorFTI ConsultingRonald Greenspan is a senior managing director and the West region leader in FTI’s Corporate Finance practice and isbased in Los Angeles. Mr. Greenspan is an internationally respected finance and business reorganization professionalwith 25 years of diverse, hands-on experience. Mr. Greenspan applies his broad background to a wide variety ofconsulting, litigation and bankruptcy engagements, including corporate turnarounds, financial restructurings andbankruptcies. He is experienced in representing all stakeholders, including debtors, creditors and equity interests.Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Greenspan was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Prior to that, he held seniormanagement positions as the chief operating officer of Los Angeles Land Companies, the executive vice president ofBrookside Savings & Loan Association and the executive vice president of The Heritage Group.Mr. Greenspan has contributed articles to TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal, ABI Journal, American Banker, DailyBankruptcy Review and the Urban Land Institute. His most recent articles were “Predicting Corporate-Default CycleUpended by History-Bucking Trends” (Daily Bankruptcy Review, 2007), “Homebuilders: A Cycle Unlike Prior Cycles”(Daily Bankruptcy Review, 2006), “KERP’s Are out, But Incentives Are In” (TMA Journal of Corporate Renewal, 2006),‘“UnTill” We Meet Again: Why Till Might Not Be the Last Word on Cram Down Interest Rates” (ABI Journal, 2004),“The Un-real World of Troubled REITs” (ABI Journal, 2001) and “When Are Servicing Rights Born?”(American Banker, 2000).Mr. Greenspan has given numerous speeches and presentations at conferences, seminars and forums over the past 15years. His topics have included “Introduction to Restructurings & Reorganizations for Asset Based Lenders,” “Subprimeand Warehouse Lending,” and “Introduction to Bankruptcy.” He also taught classes as a visiting instructor on financial,restructuring and real estate issues at the Northwest Center for Continuing Education, UCLA and UC Irvine Extension,and the University of Southern California’s Graduate School of Business.28 SAMA Third Annual Conference 2012