Mr. Cross was the founder and Managing Principal of The Cross Partnership III, a twenty-five-year-old, Boston-based, “hands-on” consulting and turn-around firm focused on improving the operating and financial performance of businesses owned by financial sponsors. Over the past decade, his firm intervened effectively as consultants, advisors and interim presidents in more than 100 businesses ranging from start-ups to mature industrials. Mr. Cross served as an interim President/CEO, leading successful business transitions in thirteen companies over the past seventeen years.