Robert Freedman is the Managing Principal of Athena Capital, which he founded in 2000. His prior experience encompasses early-stage investing, investment banking, and many years of crisis and turnaround management, which he performed both as an alter ego advisor to CEO's of under-performing companies, and as a Chapter 11 CEO himself. He has invested in, raised capital for, and/or advised on the ongoing growth or the return to financial health of companies in the computer software, consumer products, energy, health care, transportation, building products, financial services, business services, retailing, and media sectors. In the aggregate his endeavors have contributed to the creation or preservation of corporate enterprise values in excess of $1 billion.

Mr. Freedman spent the formative years of his business career at BancBoston Ventures and at Wolfensohn Partners, where he invested in early-stage technology-based and health care services companies. Subsequently, as a First Vice President in the High-Yield and Convertible Bond Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert in Los Angeles, he served as a securities analyst of highly leveraged firms in the technology and building products sectors; and also as a troubleshooter of restructurings and other special situations.

Before commencing his business career Mr. Freedman was a documentary filmmaker. Among his several award-winning programs, Vietnam: A Television History, a 13-part PBS series he helped to research and conceive, won six Emmys and a Peabody Award.

Mr. Freedman holds a BS Degree from MIT, a Master in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and an MBA (with honors) from Harvard Business School.