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 “These
changes realign our senior management structure and
will help Buxbaum Group focus even more on our core
competencies,” said Paul Buxbaum.
Also joining the management team
are two new vice presidents in the Asset Appraisal
Group: John Marcos and Christopher York, both of
whom are former auditors/field examiners at CIT
Group in Los Angeles. In addition, Ned Tomasevic—most
recently a consultant in the Corporate Finance and
Restructuring Group at FTI Consulting—has joined the
firm as a financial analyst. (See story above.)
“The shifts and additions within
our corporate structure will have a positive effect
on quality, particularly in our appraisal work,”
explained Paul Buxbaum. “The combined knowledge of
the senior management team and the talented new
additions to our staff will position us well for the
future.”
Siebersma joined Buxbaum Group
in 1989 and has led the Asset Appraisal Group since
1996. He has been directly involved in the valuation
and appraisal of billions of dollars of inventories
in a wide variety consumer product categories. |
Siebersma, who attended Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the Colorado Institute of Art & Design, entered retailing in 1977 with Denver’s Fashion Bar, where he eventually became merchandise buyer. In 1984, he joined San Antonio’s Frost Brothers department store and became general merchandise manager there.
“Jim has earned the trust of clients in all areas of our business, and his wide experience makes him particularly well-suited to the chief operating officer’s job,” Paul Buxbaum said.
Rusczyk joined the firm in March 2006 after working as an independent consultant for six years and practicing law for 11 years in New York. A graduate of Brooklyn Law School, he was a partner in the boutique bankruptcy-law firm of Siegel, Sommers & Schwartz, LLP, and later an associate at Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman, LLP, after Siegel Sommers merged with the larger firm.
“Scott has distinguished himself through his legal knowledge and his business acumen. He has been a valued member of our senior management team,” Paul Buxbaum noted. |
Marcos spent 11 years at CIT as an assistant vice-president/auditor and assistant vice-president/underwriter, and before that was an account representative for Toyota Motor Credit Corp. He earned an M.B.A. in international business and information technology from the University of LaVerne in 2002 and a B.A. in business administration/accounting from California State University, Fullerton in 1992. 
York joined CIT in 2000 as an auditor/management associate. From 1993 to 1995, he served in the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131. He graduated from California State University, Northridge in 2000 with a B.S. in business administration and finance.