Matthew P. Karlson
Managing Director
(610) 940-5804
mkarlson@ssgca.com

Matt Karlson is a founding partner and Managing Director of SSG Capital Advisors, LLC, a leading middle market special situations investment banking firm with offices outside of Philadelphia, PA and in New York, NY. Prior to reacquiring SSG from National City/PNC in May 2009, he was a Managing Director of the Special Situations Group of National City Investment Banking which acquired SSG in August 2006. From 2001-2006, he was a Managing Director and founding Partner of SSG Capital Advisors, LP. From 1998-2001, he was with Berwind Financial most recently serving as a Vice President in Berwind's Special Situations Group.

Mr. Karlson has worked extensively with companies facing financial difficulties, providing financial advisory services to companies both in and out of Chapter 11. Over the past 11 years, he has completed over 50 financial restructurings, which encompasses the private placement of senior debt, subordinated debt and equity securities and mergers and acquisitions work. He works with both publicly traded and privately held companies in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, service, retail, telecommunications and healthcare.

Mr. Karlson is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute and Association for Corporate Growth. He has advised the following clients:

AG Industries, Inc. Aleph Management Systems, Inc. Astropower, Inc. Atersa Atlantic Security, Inc. Best Manufacturing Group, LLC Boscov's, Inc. Bridgeport Machines, Inc. Bryant Grinder W. Atlee Burpee & Company Chadmoore Wireless Group, Inc. Chromas Technologies Canada, Inc. Commerce TV Corporation Didde Corporation Fellows Corporation Fetco Home Décor, Inc. Grace Community, Inc. Harig Products Hussey Copper, Ltd.

Items International, Inc. Imperial Home Décor Group, Inc. Klein Wholesalers Distributors Kremer Laser Eye Center Langston Corporation Management Cleaning Controls, LLC Metro Care, Inc. Miller & Hartman Companies, Inc. Miller Centrifugal Casting OTG Management, Inc. Pacific Wireless Technologies, Inc. Penn Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Precision Components Corporation RCI Acquisition (Ritz Camera Centers) Rehrig International I Rehrig International II Sentinel Offender Services, LLC StorNet Tracking Systems Corporation WordClass Processing, Inc.

Education:
·  Yale University School of Management, M.B.A. Finance
    and Marketing
·  Brown University, B.A. Economics and History