Matthew Ohrnstein currently serves as Managing Director of Symphony Advisors, LLC, a management consulting firm focused on delivering strategic, operational and financial advisory services to participants in the automobile aftermarket parts and services supply chain and to automobile insurance physical damage claims organizations.
Prior to founding Symphony Advisors, Mr. Ohrnstein served as Chairman and CEO of Caliber Collision Centers, where he led strategic initiatives and key financial relationships since the company’s founding and initial financing in 1997 through October, 2004. He also led the development and financing of the company from The Zurich Group, Oak Hill Partners (the NY investment vehicle for the Robert Bass Group), The Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club of Southern California, BNY Capital Partners, L.P. (The Bank of New York) and 1818 Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (Brown Brothers Harriman).
Over the course of Ohrnstein’s eight-year tenure with Caliber Collision Centers, the company acquired or developed 68 collision repair centers in California (38) and Texas (30) with annual revenues exceeding $200 million and more than 1,600 employees. In 2001, 2002 and 2003, Caliber Collision Centers was included on the INC 500 List of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. In 2001, Caliber was ranked #9 by INC Magazine, and was the fastest growing privately held company in California.
Mr. Ohrnstein began his career in 1977 with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (predecessor to KPMG), in New York and Los Angeles. In 1980, Mr. Ohrnstein joined Insureco Incorporated as vice president and corporate controller of this insurance and information processing holding company. Beginning in 1983, Mr. Ohrnstein served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of CAIR Systems Corporation, a leading information systems and services provider to property and casualty insurance agents and brokers. In 1991, Mr. Ohrnstein joined Specialty Insurance Service as President and CEO. Specialty Insurance Service, now a subsidiary of NYSE traded Fiserv, is a leading information systems and service provider to property and casualty insurance companies.
Mr. Ohrnstein holds an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Marcy Tieger currently serves as a Managing Director of Symphony Advisors, LLC, a management consulting firm focused on delivering strategic, operational and financial advisory services to participants in the automobile aftermarket parts and services supply chain and to automobile insurance physical damage claims organizations.
Prior to joining Symphony Advisors in 2006, Ms. Tieger was a principal with the firm Berger Kahn, where she specialized in insurance, labor and employment, and business litigation. Earlier in her legal career, she was founding partner of Tieger and Bumiller, a boutique law firm focusing on insurance matters. She also served as an adjunct professor at Western State University, College of Law, where she taught Litigation Practice.
Ms. Tieger began her professional career in 1982, working as a senior claim representative for a major insurer. While working in the insurance industry, she attended law school, graduating in 1987. She became a member of the State Bar of California that same year.
Ms. Tieger has lectured and provided training to the International Institute of Research, Southern California Fraud Investigators Association, as well as various collision and insurance industry groups regarding management development and training issues. She has presented at NACE regarding employment-related matters, understanding the rights and obligations of shops, insurers and consumers in the repair process, and leadership. Ms. Tieger has completed Greenbelt Training in Lean Processes.
A frequent author, Ms. Tieger has contributed articles to Collision Week, Autobody Repair News (ABRN), Auto Inc., Fender Bender, BASF's, The Winning Spirit, Hammer and Dolly, Akzo Nobel's, Profit Magazine, Los Angeles Daily Journal, San Francisco Daily Journal, Chicago Daily Bulletin, California Lawyer, Verdict Magazine and Claims Magazine on a variety of topics ranging from strategic planning in a dynamic marketplace, ethics and the business case for more women on the shop floor.
Ms. Tieger is a founding member of the Women's Industry Network (WIN) and currently serves on the WIN board. She is also a trustee and officer of the Collision Industry Foundation and a member of the Collision Industry Conference (CIC), Insurance Relations Committee. Ms. Tieger is a recipient of the Akzo Nobel, Most Influential Woman Award.
Ms. Tieger holds a B.A. and a M.A. from California State University, Fullerton, and a Juris Doctor from Western State University, College of Law.
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