Chris Motogawa joined Quest in 2011 and currently is a Director. Presently he is engaged as an advisor to the Board of Directors of Horizon Lines, Inc. and is providing guidance to the Board to improve cash management and liquidity for this $1 billion revenue public company which recently concluded a highly complex and successful balance sheet restructuring. Mr.  Motogawa has extensive experience managing accounting, finance, treasury and manufacturing operations and working with highly leveraged companies.  Mr. Motogawa has brought stability to companies in the most challenging situations and led transformational change by developing and implementing new strategic direction. His experience includes corporate restructuring, turnaround management, mergers and acquisitions, managing financial operations, capital raising activities including public and private stock and debt offerings and working with bankers to establish, increase, and modify credit facilities.

Mr. Motogawa quickly analyzes and identifies problem areas and develops practical solutions.  Tools that enable these solutions include developing cash flow models and budgets to better manage cash and expenses, and implementing inventory systems to manage and control production costs and to improve working capital. He has managed accounts receivable practices to increase cash flow and reduce bad debt expense.

Previously, Mr. Motogawa was the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Motor Coach Industries, Inc., a $750 million market leader in coach manufacturing in the U.S. and Canada.  At Motor Coach, he developed and implemented business plans that improved liquidity, restored profitability, and captured market share while managing a complex multi-entity and cross-border $250 million ABL facility and more than $400 million in additional mezzanine debt and bonds represented by multiple lending institutions.  In September 2008, Mr. Motogawa was a key member of the team that led Motor Coach through Chapter 11 while maintaining the company’s operations and negotiating exit financing for a successful exit that was concluded in April 2009.  18 months later, he played a key role in completing a second recapitalization and sale of the controlling interest in Motor Coach.

Prior to Motor Coach, Mr. Motogawa worked with Jordan Industries where he managed a range of private equity transactions in their business services group.  Mr. Motogawa was responsible for all aspects of the transactions including due diligence, acquisitions, operational integration and dispositions.

Mr. Motogawa graduated from Northwestern University in 1994 with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in History.  He is actively involved in a number of non-profit organizations, serving on the Board of Trustees of VanderCook College of Music and as President of Shanti Foundation for Peace.