Michael Blank

President & CEO of MHB Enterprises, holding company for Saint Louis Arms, Gun Gopher & Top Round, Mr. Blank has been involved in the firearms industry in one form or another for the majority of his life. Mr. Blank also has a career in the financial industry holding 10 industry licenses with the NASD & NFA. He has held most of the major titles in the industry such as Head Trader, Senior Registered Options Principal, Designated Municipal Bonds Principal, as well as, the President & CEO of his former commodities firm. An avid enthusiast and shooter Mr. Blank has resigned his position at his former employer to focus on the effort to save Winchester firearms and keep them in America.

“I have tied my fate to the fate of this effort to save Winchester. I felt I owed this to the historic brand that helped build our great country and helped protect it in times of peril. Winchester is a symbol of America through out the world. Letting this happen without doing everything I can to save it would have been a betrayal to all those craftsman who have made the rifles we love and all that Winchester has done for us. I know not everyone can do the same, but if you are a patron of Winchester and a believer in the freedoms it has brought to and helped defend for the citizens of the world, please do what you can to support this effort.”

Kevin S. Tierney

Mr. Tierney is President of three companies; Workout Solutions, Inc., Connecticut Business Credit, Inc., and Spectrum Mortgage Bankers, Inc. in Guilford, Connecticut.  Mr. Tierney was a commercial banker for the first 17 years of his career and has been in private practice for the last 19 years.  As a banker, he was responsible for Loan Administration for a multi-billion dollar commercial bank. For the last ten years of his bank career, he was responsible for the creation and ongoing oversight of all credit policy, loan underwriting, and the management of all FDIC examinations.  He had line authority for the resolution of all classified assets.  During the end of his bank career, he founded and was President of two subsidiaries of the bank holding company; a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) and a consumer second mortgage company.  He reported to either the Chairman or the President throughout this period.

Mr. Tierney formed his own company in 1987.  In 1989, he formed Workout Solutions, Inc. which specializes in analyzing and resolving all manner of loan problems.  He has represented banks, debtors, or has acted as a mediator for loans well in excess of $ 800 Million since that time.  He is on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Turnaround Management Association.

In 1994, he also formed Connecticut Business Credit, Inc. which analyzes, underwrites and places virtually any form of commercial financing.  Typical transactions are in the $ 1-10 Million range.  Funding sources represent the entire spectrum of the capital market depending upon the stage and credit worthiness of the client.

In 1997, he also formed Spectrum Mortgage Bankers, Inc., a Connecticut licensed residential mortgage banker.  Spectrum underwrites and brokers virtually every form of residential mortgage thru numerous direct lenders.

Mr. Tierney has a reputation as a financial problem solver and receives referrals from banks, accountants, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and consumers.