Brett Fadeley is the Chairman of HCR, a high quality provider of professional consulting, remediation, construction, emergency response, and sludge dewatering services. He brings a diverse and varied background essential to the emergence, growth or restructuring of most any enterprise. Brett uniquely understands the nuances and financial challenges of growth and turnaround companies and is adept at navigating those companies to the next level.
He previously served as the CEO of eSchool Solutions Inc., a leading provider of management solutions specifically designed for the preK-12 education community.
In 1995, Brett founded the first turnaround management organization in Orlando. He is a co-founder of Business CPR, LLC, a turnaround and workout management firm. He also founded Business Paramedic, LLC in Pennsylvania and New York to provide turnaround management services in those markets.
Brett is a recognized expert in turnaround management, financial management and complex commercial negotiations. His professional experience includes serving as an interim Chairman, CEO, President, member of the Board of Directors and/or interim Chief Financial Officer at multiple business enterprises. He has a diverse and varied background in assisting manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and service companies in diverse industries. Brett has successful and proven leadership experience in providing turnaround management and profit improvement services.
For the past 20 years, Brett has focused his expertise on emerging and growth companies and companies in distress, by providing solutions—financial, strategic, sales, operational and organizational—that have enabled his clients to develop or regain long-term growth or achieve an appropriate exit strategy. Further, he has more than fifteen years of experience in commercial banking, primarily with large “super-regional” banks. He began his banking career in 1980 with Lloyds Bank in Los Angeles, California as a senior credit analyst and corporate banking officer. He moved to Orlando, Florida in 1983. By 1987, Brett had been promoted to Senior Vice President and Manager of Corporate Banking for Florida National Bank. He served in similar capacities until 1991, when he became a Regional Manager of Special Assets for Barnett Bank. He left banking in 1995 to start a successful turnaround management practice.
A graduate of Southwestern University School of Law, he earned his Juris Doctorate in 1980. He is a recipient of the distinguished American Jurisprudence Award. Brett earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors from Hartwick College in 1977. In 1985, he completed advanced commercial lending at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Banking. He is published in Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. He is also published in the Orlando Business Journal for an article entitled, Firms with Problem Loans Should Adapt to Bank Rules. Brett has taught Business Law as an adjunct faculty member for Nova University. He is a former Chapter Chairman of the March of Dimes. Brett is an active member of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association and the Turnaround Management Association in Florida and New York City.