Primary Job Title Managing Director Primary Organization 
M-III Partners
Gender Male
Tom Pernsteiner is an experienced senior executive, turnaround manager and strategy consultant. He has an extensive track record helping firms in North America and Europe to improve their market, competitive and financial performance. The fundamental emphasis of his work is to assist investors and management in discerning the structure and dynamics
of an industry, identifying opportunities for step change performance improvement, re-designing organizational models and processes to infuse new capabilities and personally leading efforts to quickly capture results.
Prior to joining M-III, Mr. Pernsteiner was the Executive Vice President of U.S. Operations for Champion Home Builders, a company he advised through bankruptcy prior to joining. While at Champion, he implemented a major strategic and operational overhaul, doubling market share and revenue along with a return to profitability.
Prior to Champion, Mr. Pernsteiner was a Managing Director at Loughlin Meghji + Company. He brought a business strategist’s perspective to financially distressed companies to assist investors, creditors and management teams in developing optimal operating and investment strategies.
Prior to Loughlin Meghji + Company, Mr. Pernsteiner spent 14 years with the global strategy consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as a Partner where he specialized in corporate and operating unit strategy development for Fortune 500 firms and associated business transformation programs that created very significant shareholder value.
Mr. Pernsteiner holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He has published a number of articles on strategy and performance and is a Certified Turnaround Professional.
