Mr. Dresner founded Dresner Partners in 1991 to provide Wall Street investment banking services to middle market businesses. His distinguished corporate finance career spans over 40 years, including mergers, acquisitions, project financing, debt and equity financing, restructuring and turnarounds, recapitalizations and international transactions. In addition to his transactional experience, Mr. Dresner has led numerous valuation, fairness opinion and strategic financial consulting engagements. He has worked extensively in several industries including healthcare, business services, building products, textiles, industrial manufacturing, retail and media.

Prior to founding Dresner Partners, Mr. Dresner held management positions with First Chicago Corporation (JP Morgan Chase), Arthur Andersen (corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions practices), Heller Financial and GE Capital Corporation in the Project Finance and Transportation groups.

A community leader, Mr. Dresner serves on the Board of Directors of the Michael Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago. He also serves on various corporate and advisory Boards, including REMET Corporation, RTC Industries, Inc. and the Burnham Park Yacht Club. Mr. Dresner has also previously served on the Board of Directors for The Entrepreneurship Institute, North Shore Congregation Israel, The Jazz Institute of Chicago’s Advisory Board, the Board of Jobs for Youth, the Chicago Association for Corporate Growth, and is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago. Personal Interests include outdoor sports, piano, music and reading.