Matthew I. Polsky, Director of Net Worth Solutions, Inc., has 23 years of experience in commercial and investment banking, and the retail industry. His background in leveraged finance, trade finance and business operations as a business owner and turnaround specialist provides him with a unique set of skills in working with mid-size firms pursuing strategic initiatives.

Mr. Polsky received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and MBA from the Wharton School. He began his career with Irving Trust, where with his fluency in Chinese, he was assigned to the bank's Taipei Branch. After leaving the bank to form an import-export firm, he identified a troubled leather garment lease department retailer and, in cooperation with that company's principal supplier, engineered a turnaround. This began a long involvement with troubled companies.

in 1990 Mr. Polsky helped found Polsky Associates, Inc., to acquire the assets of a bankrupt menswear retail chain which was a principal host lessor of the leather lease department business he had previously acquired. From there, he established several other retail ventures. In 1994 he joined GPR Eastwood Associates, an investment banking boutique which handled turnaround and M&A assignments for middle market firms. He was instrumental in transactions involving companies in a broad range of industries - security guard services, commercial laundry services, electronic meter production, furniture accessory manufacturing, wire manufacturing and commercial fire alarm manufacturing, among others. He also assisted companies in successfully restructuring troubled operations - including a furniture retailer, a textile importer/converter, a food distributor/diverter, a sterilizer manufacturer, and a glassware producer.

Whether involved in an acquisition or divestiture, or raising debt or equity for a client, or assisting in turning around a troubled business, Mr. Polsky's style has always been to work closely with clients to develop an intimate knowledge of a company's operations and understanding of its business model. Mr. Polsky believes this is essential to reflect accurately a principal's own vision for his or her company when a sale is being pursued. Yet, he is equally willing to offer alternative, even contrary, strategies when his analysis of a business and situation leads him to conclude that more counter-intuitive actions are needed.

Mr. Polsky has forged strong ties with private equity groups, mezzanine debt funds and senior lenders in the course of his career. With an understanding of the industry appetites, investment return criteria, and transaction size and structural preferences of such financial investors, he is able to direct a transaction to its most appropriate audience. Coupled with his reputation for relentless pursuit of transactions in clients' best interests, Mr. Polsky acts with sophistication and drive to get the "deal" done.