MorrisAnderson Expands Their Performance Improvement Practice


CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - February 6, 2009) - MorrisAnderson is pleased to announce the expansion of their performance improvement practice.

Dan Dooley, principal and COO of MorrisAnderson, states, "Although we are primarily known as a 'turnaround firm' which helps companies that are in distress, what some people may not be aware of is that we have always offered 'performance improvement' services as well, where we go in and help stable companies strengthen their operations and improve their ROI." Adds Dooley, "We have wanted to expand this area of our service offerings for quite some time now and we are pleased to announce that we have formed an alliance with Horizon Performance, an implementation-focused consulting firm committed to helping clients rapidly improve their business performance. Stan Garrison, the founder of Horizon Performance, will now manage our performance improvement practice under the Horizon Performance umbrella. We are all very excited that our alliance with Stan and Horizon Performance will help us to greatly expand our performance improvement offerings throughout the country."

More about Stan Garrison:

Garrison has 25 years of experience as a management consultant and corporate finance professional. His expertise is focused on organization planning and operations management, M&A transactions, and profitable growth through sales effectiveness, lean manufacturing, and process reengineering.

During his career, Garrison was a Corporate Finance Partner with Ernst & Young, where he led the development of both the Private Equity Practice and M&A Europe Practice. He also spent 14 years with KPMG, as part of its consulting practice, and focused on international services that involved mergers and acquisitions for European companies in U.S. transactions.

In 2004, Garrison founded Horizon Performance to help clients achieve operational excellence, using specialists on project teams in Europe and the United States.

Garrison is a graduate of the University of Georgia, with a concentration in International Business & Economics.

More about MorrisAnderson:

Now celebrating its 28th anniversary, Chicago-based MorrisAnderson has offices in New York, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Cleveland and St. Louis. The firm's service offerings include performance improvement, financial advisory, interim management, turnarounds, workouts, litigation support, valuation, information technology services, and insolvency services and wind-downs. MorrisAnderson emphasizes hands-on involvement for companies with $20 million to $200 million in annual sales.

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Contact Information: For More Information: Marjorie Dunn Manager, Marketing & Communications 312/254-0892

Stan Garrison, President of Horizon Performance