Mr. Adams has for twenty five years guided firms through periods of turbulence. His operating background includes CEO or COO positions in retail and distribution companies, restaurants, food manufacturing, software,  and construction companies.

In addition he has served as the turnaround consultant, or strategic advisor to firms in a variety of industries around the world.  Client industries include: distributed generation, privatized water, equipment manufacturing, bedding pack flowers, LTL trucking, restaurants, food manufacturing, medical device manufacturing, wholesale food distribution, construction, real estate development, wood products, retail food, software, newspapers, digital imaging, retail hard goods, and medical imaging. Mr. Adams’s practice often includes guiding acquisition or divestiture of business units. He has guided strategic change in companies in United States, Asia, Latin America, Western, and Central Europe.

Mr. Adams recent work has been focused on restructuring successful corporations to ensure continued growth, and on guiding Chapter 11 reorganizations.  Recent clients have included Western Tool Supply, and The Columbian Newspaper, both of which successfully reorganized in 2010 using Chapter 11.

He earned his BS degree from Willamette University, and his MBA from the University of Washington. He is married with three children (30,29,26) and two grand daughters!  He enjoys skiing, horse packing, and fly fishing.  HIs residence is in the mountains of Central Oregon.