Marx Group Advisors Team, Tom Marx & Paul Cooperstein

OUR TEAM

Tom Marx – tmarx@marxgroupadvisors.com
Tom Marx is the CEO and founder of Marx Group Advisors (MGA), a mergers and acquisition specialist focused on providing M&A services to the Automotive and Heavy Duty aftermarkets.
Marx Group Advisors was formed in early 2007 with the mission of providing full service M&A support for middle-market enterprises. As boomers age and often do not have a succession plan in place, and as the economy drives consolidation and acquisition-for-growth trends, Tom saw the growing need and opportunity to provide consulting services as well as bringing buyers and sellers together.

Tom represents sellers and buyers of companies and provides consulting services that enable companies to improve their balance sheets before beginning the M&A process, as well as post-M&A integration. MGA also represents private equity firms when financing is a part of the transaction.

Tom brings a depth of marketing and business knowledge from 25 years experience in the Aftermarket, as well as from many other industries, including motor sports, technology, telecommunications, broadcast, real estate, financial services, and resort property management.

He continues as President and CEO of The Marx Group, a full-service marketing communications company that provides Business Development, Marketing Strategy and Marketing Communications services to the Automotive and Heavy Duty Aftermarket.

The Marx Group www.themarxgrp.com is headquartered in San Rafael, CA, and has offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Marx Group Advisors www.marxgroupadvisors.com is headquartered in San Rafael, CA, and has offices in Boston, MA.

Tom co-authored Marketing Sucks! (And Sales, Too!), a book designed to mold the culture of an enterprise toward improved internal and external communications, resulting in more efficient and effective collaboration between Sales, Marketing, Executive and other teams, while improving their internal and external communications.

Tom is an active member of SEMA, AAIA and APRA. He is past vice chair of the AAIA Marketing Communications and Member Relations Committee and is past president of the Automotive Communications Council. He also serves on several other Boards of Directors. He writes a monthly eNewsletter, Catalyst, which provides M&A, marketing and business management insights and tips, and also writes a monthly article for APRA’s print and online newspaper, called Global Connections.
Paul Cooperstein - pcooperstein@marxgroupadvisors.com
President and founder of MGA, Paul Cooperstein focuses on seller-side representation and is an invaluable resource for business people committed to breaking through barriers that stand in the way of their maximum ROI. Paul stresses the value of preparation for sale and "values" based analysis in preparing for the sale of a business. He is a firm believer in thorough preparation whether one is buying or selling a business and knows from 30 years of experience that slowing down and covering all the bases gets you to the finish line faster.
In preparing his clients for sale, Paul focuses on several phases of their business including operational planning, organizational development, and communication and marketing resources. All of this allows his clients to reduce stress, manage demands and increase the ultimate sale profits. Paul Cooperstein is also the President of Strategic Intervention Associates, a team of experienced and trained business consultants. SIA is committed to being an invaluable resource for the transformation of business organizations into communities of people committed to breaking through visible and invisible barriers that stand in the way of their commercial success.
Paul Cooperstein brings a unique combination of creative and technical skills to his work. A practicing attorney since 1976, Paul has turned his focus to helping people build successful organizations and businesses in a wide variety of industries including venture capital, real estate development, retail and distribution and services. Paul combines his astute operational and strategic business consulting expertise with his inherent relationship and organization building skills to deliver measurable results to his clients.
Paul Cooperstein has served on the Boards of Directors of diverse firms, including a commercial bank and several non-profit organizations. He also served as a Director of Retail Sales for a large Northeastern U.S. consumer electronics retailer. Paul Cooperstein has published many articles and regularly speaks to organizations across the country. Recent speaking engagements include BNI National Convention, AFFLINK - North East Conference, North East Contact Center Forum and North East Contractors Association..

David Barbeau - dbarbeau@marxgroupadvisors.com

David Barbeau, executive vice president, brings more than 30 years of experience in the aftermarket to Marx Group Advisors (MGA). Most recently, Dave was the vice president of the global independent aftermarket business unit for Delphi Corporation where he was responsible for the growth and operating performance of the business unit globally. His expertise in management and financial issues is a strong asset to MGA's work in mergers and acquisitions. His background in strategy development and execution is valuable in assisting buyers and sellers.

Dave’s extensive automotive career started in 1976 at Monroe Auto Equipment Co., where he was vice president of finance. In 1987, he became president of ARA Automotive Group in Grand Prairie, Texas, and became senior vice president, operations, for APS, Inc. in 1990, a Houston-based national distributor of automotive replacement parts. Before joining Delphi in 2002, Dave served as executive vice president of Auto Parts Express, LLC, an automotive parts and equipment distribution company that he co-founded in 1999.

Dave earned a bachelor’s degree, and a master’s of business administration degree in finance and accounting from Saint Louis University. He served on the Automotive Sales Council from 2004-2010, and in 2008 he was elected to the board of directors of the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) and the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA)

Christine LeMay - clemay@marxgroupadvisors.com

Christine LeMay, business development manager for Marx Group Advisors (MGA), is responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with prospects and customers.

During her career, Christine has held sales and marketing positions with Sybervision, Siemens Enterprise Networks, The Silicon Valley Job Seeker Center (NOVA), Kaiser Permanente and Solarcraft.

A native of Bonn, Germany, Christine spent a year in Lyon, France studying international economics. She holds a B.A. degree in global economics from UC Santa Cruz, and an M.A. degree in career development from JFK University. Christine is also fluent in German.