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Kimberly Davis Rodriguez co-leads Grant Thornton’s Global Automotive Services team with more than 20 years of experience in the automotive supply chain industry providing financial and operational expertise to a variety of stakeholders around the globe. She has focused her career on integrating finance, technology, operational expertise and insight for a comprehensive solution geared to improve performance.
Ms. Davis Rodriguez has also guided debtors, creditor committees and customers through corporate reorganizations, divestitures, liquidations, mergers and acquisitions, creditor negotiations and debt restructuring. In addition, she is skilled in operations management, plant productivity, job costing, inventory control and cash flow management.
Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Ms. Davis Rodriguez was a managing director in the Restructuring & Performance Improvement Group at Stout Risius Ross, Inc. She also was founder and president of Concorde Management Group, a Michigan-based Turnaround Management firm, for 10 years.
Preceding the formation of Concorde, she worked as a financial analyst with several State of Michigan programs. She has served as debtor-in-possession, been appointed as receiver, provided expert witness testimony and has served as accountant/consultant to creditor committees.
Ms. Davis Rodriguez has successfully served automotive stakeholders in the following industries: stamping, plastics, die-casting, steel processing, machine building, screw machine, tool and die, transportation, medical laboratories, construction, electrical contracting, food processing, engineering services, furniture manufacturing, building products and non-profit entities.
In addition to being a member of numerous automotive, manufacturing and insolvency associations, Ms. Davis Rodriguez is often sought after by various global media forums and publications, including Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, WWJ Radio, Automotive News and Supply Chain Magazine. She has lectured and presented continuing education seminars on numerous financial topics related to cash flow management, creditor negotiations, financial statement analysis and job costing to business owners and managers, bankers, attorneys and accountants.
Ms. Davis Rodriguez earned a master’s degree in finance from Walsh College and a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from Michigan State University.
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