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May be old news, but I had not seen it. Interesting connection now with military world.

Scottsdale, Arizona (September 12, 2013) - The Miller Group, ("MILLER"), comprised of affiliated companies Miller Capital Corporation, Miller Investments, Inc., and Miller Management Corporation, which provides venture capital, private equity, management consulting and advisory services. MILLER today announced they have added a key executive, Alan B. Lerchbacker as Managing Director, Western Region for Miller Capital Corporation.


In his capacity as Managing Director, Western Region, Mr. Lerchbacker provides added depth in assisting MILLER's middle market and emerging growth client companies with their business and financial objectives plus his 35 years of executive level management expertise as a business owner, senior executive, and advisor to publicly held corporations and emerging growth companies.

He also served 26 years as an Officer in the United States Navy leading special operation teams in over 40 countries. Mr. Lerchbacker was the Officer in Charge of the Space Shuttle Challenger recovery operations, involving 127 divers, 33 ships and 3,000 personnel. After retirement from the Navy, his private sector activities included serving as President of Taylor-Dunn which was the largest producer of electric vehicles in the United States. Mr. Lerchbacker later served as CEO of Austal USA and was instrumental in building the shipyard employee base from 66 employees to over 1,200. He teamed with General Dynamics, Boeing, and Austal USA to win a $38 Billion contract to build Littoral Combat Ships for the United States Navy and Mr. Lerchbacker remains a shareholder of Austal.

He was Founder and CEO of Mattman Global, a leader in specialty vehicles utilized by the defense and security sectors for mobile solutions, medical, and audio-visual areas.

His most recent activity prior to joining The Miller Group was heading up the entity he founded, Global Enterprises; which has teamed with 32 private equity firms and venture capital groups to locate companies in their specialty areas. He will maintain his active consultant assignment with Cask, LLC, a woman owned disadvantaged small business service provider.

Mr. Lerchbacker is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and currently serves as President of the San Diego Alumni Association. He obtained his Executive Masters in Business Administration from Claremont University, the Peter Drucker School of Business.