Sam Woodward

Bio

Sam A. Woodward's focus is DC Metro based middle market companies, utilizing his experience with IT based business processes and service companies, the freight, airline and aircraft related industry, and turnarounds/work-outs. Sam’s background is in special situations with large and small companies needing strategic re-alignment or partnering, raising difficult capital, and transforming the core business. Sam’s advisory and management experiences include: Service and IT based: Perot Systems, Platinum Technologies, freightQuote, SCF Inc, myFreightWorld, Consolidated Freightways (subsidiary sales channel unit). Re-structuring: Hawaiian Airlines, Gemini Air Cargo, America West, Pan American World Airways, Eastern Air Lines, Air South, several start-up carriers, AIG/ILFC, GECAS, Potomac Capital Investment Corp., and Performance Transportation Services. Strategic: Cerberus Capital Management, The Carlyle Group, Yucaipa Companies, GE Capital Aircraft Services, Pacer International, AIG, HSBC Group Holdings, Potomac Capital Investment Corp., and a mix of middle market and start-up companies. Sam has served as executive management with Fortune 500, NYSE and middle market companies; Yellow Corp (now YRCWorldwide), leading operations and strategy: share price rose from $8 to $35 during his tenure, Purolator Courier; he co-led a management buy-out and share price rose from $16 to $33 a share during his tenure, owner-operator of Pilot Freight, and Chairman of international airline Gemini Air Cargo. Sam has served as a fiduciary and advisory member of both public and private boards: Gemini Air Cargo Inc., Terminal Trucking Co., National Air Carrier Association, National Defense Transportation Association, Performance Transportation Services Co., Hawaiian Air Lines Inc., Air South Co., Circle Express Inc., Pilot Freight Co., various YRCWorldwide/Yellow Corp. subsidiaries, manufacturing companies SCF Inc., and Labconco LLC, Perot Systems Inc., Platinum Technologies Inc. and Octel/Lucent Co. He has been a commentator for CNBC. Mr. Woodward holds a BA and PhD (ABD) from the University of South Carolina where he received academic awards from the Ford Foundation, Veteran Administration, University of South Carolina, Columbia University and the University of Maryland.