Arthur J. Lyman
Managing Director

Contact Art at: art@masiltd.com

Mr. Lyman has more than 25 years of industry, business management and consulting experience. He has extensive experience in food processing, manufacturing, professional services, retail, medical devices, distribution and health care. He has significant experiences with a broad range of situation companies whose sales range from less than $10 million to over a billion dollars.

Most recently, Art has conducted 3 successful turnarounds in the advertising, medical device and executive search industries. Prior to that he held a series of increasing responsibilities with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 15 years. In his last position, he was the National Director of Finance responsible for the direction of 16 Regional Finance Directors. Prior to that was the Chief Financial Officer of the Midwest Region for Coopers & Lybrand and a member of the strategic management team that directed the regional line operations. In addition, he led a team of 32 professionals providing accounting, planning, forecasting and analysis for the region’s 22 offices in 12 states.

Additional prior experience was acquired as a Financial Planning Analyst for Montgomery Ward & Co. and as an audit staff member of the former Arthur Andersen & Co. for 6 years.

Art is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois CPA Society as well as various other professional groups. He is a member of Financial Executives International and served on the Board of the Chicago FEI Chapter from 1990 to 1999 as well as being President from 1997 to 1998. He is the Founding Chairman and a current board member of the Delta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon which holds the distinction of being the oldest TKE House in the United States. Art’s community involvement includes serving five terms as a Nation Chief and one term as a Federation Chief in the Y Indian Guides/Princess program. Art has also coached more than 35 youth baseball, soccer and basketball teams.

Art is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He earned a Master of Management (MBA) degree from Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management with majors in business strategy, marketing & accounting and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in pre-law & accounting from Knox College