AE Guidance, LLC

Robert J. Paulsen, P.E. 
Management Advisor  

Ed Wilson has served as an advisor for over fifty transactions in the engineering and construction services industry.  These transactions have included both buy side and sell side representation as well as internal ownership transfer.  For sellers, he has provided the complete range of advisory services to include establishing valuation expectations, designing and managing the marketing process, framing the deal structure, negotiating terms and ultimately closing the transaction.  For buyers, he has been the principal advisor on valuation and deal structure, financing, managing due diligence and document preparation, assisting in negotiating terms, and post closure integration.  The majority of these transactions were between privately owned firms, but several involved a public traded company on the buy side.

 

In 1993, Mr. Wilson formed L. Edward Wilson and Associates, Inc., a management advisory firm providing consulting services in the areas of strategic, organizational, and financial planning to firms and organizations involved in engineering, design construction, and operations of civil works.
 

Mr. Wilson serves on the board of directors of some of the largest engineering and construction companies in the United States.  He was one of the early investors and a member of the board of directors of Sirrom Capital (NYSE SIR), a specialty finance company that provided mezzanine debt funding for technology firms throughout the United States.  Sirrom Capital was purchased in early 1999 by FINOVA.  
 

Mr. Wilson has been active in professional organizations throughout his career and has served as Presient of ASFE, an organization of professional firms practicing in the geosciences; he has also served as Chairman of ASFE's Council of Fellows.  He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and has served on ASCE's National Board of Directors.  He is a member of the Board of Engineering Advisors for Tennessee Technological University, where he was named Engineer of Distinction in 1989.  

Corporate organization is a complex process, and Richard Warden understands that the right structure is critical to optimal success.

Prior to joining Compass Executives, Rich used his more than 25 years of senior level experience to provide management consulting services to the highway construction and construction materials industries.  The former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Rogers Group, Inc., a leading regional construction company, Warden is an expert in managing leadership teams and directing the overall operations of a business.

Warden held several vice president positions with Rogers Group, and also served in vice presidential capacities with Herbert Materials, Inc.  He earned his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University