Maintain a level of professionalism and ethical standards
Follow through on commitments
Continuous client communication
Provide value and results
The CoreVision team and its partners provide the necessary level of experience in key administrative and operational areas. This experience and our attention to detail sets us apart.
Mr. Hali is founder and Managing Partner of CoreVision Strategies, LLC., (CVS). CoreVision Strategies offers support services related to asset based loans, accounting, accounts receivable management, credit risk management, collateral monitoring, receivables solutions (including portfolio liquidations), due diligence, field examinations and more. Its clients consist of financial institutions (banks, factors), public and privately held international and domestic companies, law firms, accounting firms, investment and private equity firms.
Prior to founding CVS, he was a co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Receivables Outsource Management, Inc., (ROM). ROM specialized in providing outsourcing services and consulting services as it relates to the entire accounts receivable function from credit analysis to third party collections. Mr. Hali began his career in the accounts receivable industry as a management consultant with the accounting firm of Deloitte Touche where his specialty was dealing with companies in financial difficulties.
He has been a lead or active member on engagements in the following areas: Asset Recovery, Corporate Re-Organizations, National and International Securitized Finance, Middle Market Banking, Restructuring and Refinance, Work Out, Due Diligence, Asset Based Lending, Collateral Audits and Evaluations and Portfolio Monitoring and Collections.
These engagements involved companies valued from $5 million to over $50 billion in revenues and included the following industries: Cable (Cablevision, Time Warner Cable), Telecommunications (Nynex), Steel (LTV), Travel (Thomas Cook), Banking (JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, First Union), Financial (Goldman Sachs), Publishing (VNU, NY Times), Broadcasting (CBS) and Entertainment (BMI).
Mr. Hali has been active within the Institute of Management Accountants, the world’s largest organization of management accountants and financial managers and served as a Director of the Institute, among other positions. He has also been a very active member of the Commercial Law League (CLLA) and The Commercial Collection Agency Association (CCAA) where he has held numerous positions. Over the past thirty years, Mr. Hali has written articles and has done speaking engagements and workshops related to the receivables function.
Ms. Pignataro is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of combined experience in public accounting and asset based lending.
Before joining CoreVision, Ms. Pignataro acted as an Appraisal Consultant for Sector3 Appraisals, Inc. Her role included supervising appraisal teams, managing special projects, planning engagements, and performing quality control procedures for inventory (metals and chemicals) and M&E valuations and appraisals.
Prior to that she served as a Vice President with JPMorgan Chase’s Collateral Agent Services Group. During her almost 10 year career there, she managed the collateral (accounts receivables, inventory and M&E) for a portfolio of over twenty asset based syndicated loans ranging in size from $5 million to over $1 billion in the following industries: agriculture, auto/transportation, chemicals, healthcare, retail, metals and mining, natural resources, and the food industry. On a day to day basis she managed a group of analysts as they performed the Collateral Agent function for these loans including borrowing base verification and analysis, collateral trends, field exams, lender support, credit agreement compliance and investor relations. She has worked in both Investment and Commercial Banking and her expertise is in structuring borrowing base formulas, credit agreement documentation for asset based loans, collateral monitoring, specialized due diligence and field exams. She also has extensive experience with originations, underwriting, asset appraisals and workouts.
Ms. Pignataro began her career in public accounting working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. Her clients included both small and Fortune 500 consumer products companies such as Unilver and Avon Products. Her experience included financial statement and ERISA audits.
She graduated magna cum laude from Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York with a degree in Business Administration and has had her CPA certificate since 1996.
Ms. Ferro has had over 18 years of combined experience in public accounting and asset-based lending.
Prior to joining CoreVision, Ms. Ferro spent 8.5 years at JPMorgan Chase, most recently as an Executive Director serving as primary credit officer in the Investment Bank’s Specialty Finance group. She was responsible for the analysis and risk management of credit exposure from lending, operating and capital market activities, as well as involvement with bankruptcy preparation, debt work out and reducing/securing exposure. Accounts included mortgage, auto, servicers, business development and commercial real estate companies. Before this role, she worked in the bank’s syndicated leverage finance and collateral monitoring/due diligence groups, structuring and marketing asset based capital solutions sized at $75 million to $1 billion. Responsibilities included structuring/negotiating legal documents, working with potential bank syndicate, and preparing/presenting marketing and bank meeting materials.
The first five years of her career were spent in public accounting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLC servicing technology, information and entertainment clients, including International Business Machines, Inc., Moody’s Corporation, and New Jersey Nets & Devils.
She graduated from Boston College with a degree in Accounting and has had her CPA certification since 2001. Ms. Ferro has also been involved locally, acting as assistant treasurer for the town preschool and newcomer’s club.
Mr. Hauer is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Turnaround Professional with over twenty-five years of hands-on experience in corporate finance. Richard has provided services related to restructuring, asset management, and Interim C-Suite services to companies in transition, lenders, Debtors, Creditor Committees, REITs, and private equity firms, and has specialized in the manufacturing, retail and real estate sectors. Over that time his responsibilities included financial reporting (including preparing Borrowing Base Certificates), cash flow management, debt management and transaction due diligence.
Richard has regularly worked closely with management teams and other professionals to create and manage a restructuring plan, and to preserve and maximize value while operating in a cost effective and efficient manner. Mr. Hauer has regularly been retained to provide a wide range of advisory services including interim management, process improvement, balance sheet restructuring, litigation support, and the preparation of business plans, financial statements, and cash flow projections.
Prior to joining CoreVision, Mr. Hauer was a Managing Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and BDO Consulting before forming H3 Consulting Group.
Mr. Hauer holds an MBA in international economics and finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BS in accounting from Pennsylvania State University.
Ms. Bennett is a Certified Public Accountant who has over 25 years of industry accounting and controllership experience. As Controller, she has directly supervised the finance, accounting and human resources departments. Her granular attention to detail, combined with her administrative skills, has enabled Sonja to become expert at records cleanup and reconstruction. She also has a strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles.
Ms. Bennett has specialized experience in manufacturing and has designed and implemented cost accounting systems for a number of companies. Her professional and industry experience has also enabled her to become particularly adept at identifying and solving accounting problems very quickly. In one instance, after only one month of employment, she analyzed a new multi-million dollar contract and demonstrated to management that the contract, as written, would have resulted in such a significant loss that it would have bankrupt the company. As a result of her recommendations, management working with engineers renegotiated the contract with the customer and produced approximately $10 million of revenue over a seven year period.
Ms. Bennett was also co-owner of a successful manufacturer providing private label products to the gift and premiums/promotions industry. Among their customers were The Franklin Mint, The Smithsonian, Hamilton Mint, The Art Institute of Chicago and Bradford Exchange. This experience broadened her background in contracts administration and negotiation, sales and marketing. She has also worked extensively with factoring companies and has analyzed the financial implications of factoring and the selection criteria needed to select the most advantageous factoring arrangement.
Ms. Bennett graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Business Administration and during her career Sonja has participated in numerous professional and civic organizations. She is a member of the North Carolina Association of CPAs. She is a former Board member of the Watauga County Economic Development Commission, and the Watauga Opportunities Sheltered Workshop.