ICR

Thomas M. Ryan
Chief Executive Officer
Tom was one of three co-founders of ICR and currently serves as the company’s CEO. Since 1998, he and his senior team have built the company into one of the fastest growing and largest independent communications consultancies in the United States by combining senior-level capital markets experience and deep sector knowledge with traditional corporate communications expertise. Throughout his career, he has analyzed companies from the perspective of corporate communications consultant, investment banker, and Wall Street Journal ranked sell-side analyst, and these varied perspectives have introduced a unique dimension to his counsel, which is currently focused on the consumer sector. Before co-founding ICR, Tom served as Managing Director in the equity research department of BT Alex. Brown (Deutsche Bank) and he has participated either as an investment banker, a sell-side analyst, or communications professional, in billions of dollars worth of investment banking transactions. Tom has extensive domestic and international relationships and has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune. He has also been featured on CNNfn, CNBC, and Bloomberg Television. Tom has guest lectured at Harvard Business School and is the co-author of “Using Investor Relations to Maximize Equity Value” published by Wiley Finance in 2005. He has a B.A. in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

Don Duffy
President
Don currently serves as the company's President. Since 2001, he has worked to build ICR's industry teams and corporate culture, driving the firms rapid expansion in the U.S. and China. Don co-heads ICR's shareholder activism and transaction practice, and having worked on IPOs and other transactions totaling more than $100 billion in value, he is a sought after expert on investor relations and transaction matters. This expertise has created opportunities to guest lecture at Harvard Business School, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch IPO Symposium and the E+Y/Bowne IPO Preparedness Conference, among others. Don also leads teams that have executed comprehensive investor relations engagements in the food/foodservice, payments/exchanges, and financial services sectors. He has over a decade of experience as a portfolio manager and research analyst specializing in public and private investments in the leisure, technology and healthcare markets. Prior to joining ICR, Don co-founded the private equity firm Meyer, Duffy & Associates and Meyer Duffy Ventures. He has also served on three public boards, and has chaired audit, compensation and special committees. Don received a B.A. in Finance from St. John's University.

John Sorensen
Chief Operating Officer
John joined ICR in March 2009 as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for overseeing the operations of the firm along with developing new business channels including Private Equity. His 26 years of experience includes holding senior financial positions with both private equity backed and public companies including Visant Corp (marketing and publishing services), World Kitchen LLC (manufacturer and distributor of kitchenware products), and US Office Products (manufacturer and distributor of office supplies and furniture). His role with these companies was operationally oriented where he led change, including taking two of these companies through bankruptcy, oversaw numerous restructuring initiatives including business turnarounds, created high performing teams, and developed new process and disciplines designed to increase shareholder value. He has worked in highly leveraged environments with expertise in mergers and acquisition, supply chain and working capital management, and capital raising. He began his career with Bank of America where his last position was Senior Vice President of a Large Corporate Lending team in the Washington DC area. John received a B.A. in Business Administration from Gettysburg College and an M.B.A. from Loyola College.