Jay B. Wachowicz is a Managing Director in the Valuation & Financial Opinions Group and is currently the managing partner in charge of SRR’s Detroit office. Mr. Wachowicz has extensive experience domestically and internationally in several financial advisory fields including valuation, litigation advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and financial reorganizations and restructurings. He has provided valuation and consulting services for numerous purposes including bankruptcy proceedings, corporate strategic planning, intangible asset valuation, estate and gift taxation, purchase and sale advisement, purchase price allocation, goodwill impairment testing, stock options and warrants, fairness and solvency opinions, valuation discounts and other tax, corporate, and litigation related matters. Mr. Wachowicz has testified in litigation related matters. Further, Mr. Wachowicz has been a lecturer at the Michigan State University Broad Graduate School of Management.
Mr. Wachowicz has significant experience in a broad array of industries including asset management, automotive, business process outsourcing, computer equipment and hardware, construction, department store retailing, electric services, food processing and distribution, furniture retailing, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, passenger airlines, private equity, publishing, steel production, telecommunications, and transportation services.
Prior to joining Stout Risius Ross, Inc., Mr. Wachowicz was a Manager with Navigant Consulting and a Senior Associate with Standard and Poor’s Corporate Value Consulting (formerly the valuation group of PricewaterhouseCoopers). In these roles, Mr. Wachowicz performed and supervised numerous valuation and litigation consulting engagements and financial reorganizations and restructurings.
Mr. Wachowicz is a member of the CFA Society of Detroit and the CFA Institute as well as the Appraisal Issues Task Force.
Education
M.B.A., University of Notre DameB.A., Michigan State University
Designation
- Chartered Financial Analyst