Larry Buchwalter may share a former hometown (New Rochelle, N.Y.) with legendary TV character Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), but their careers have little in common.
While Petrie was the head writer for a fictitious comedy variety television show, Buchwalter’s resume includes a stint creating a program aimed at thwarting counterfeiters of Izod shirts, several years overseeing about 130 acquisitions for a security services company, a term as CEO and owner of a $50 million MRI services provider and several years leading his own consulting services and acquisition holding company.
Through it all, he's learned the value of networking, specifically the importance of treating people well.
“It sounds trite, but what goes around comes around,” he said.
Buchwalter has played an important role in GPSEG’s recent merger with the New Jersey Executive Networking Group (NJENG). He served as chairman of that organization’s steering committee and is the GPSEG Liaison to the recently formed GPSEG – New Jersey North Chapter, as well as a member of the GPSEG Board of Directors.
“The members from New Jersey North will bring value to GPSEG, just as GPSEG members will bring value to New Jersey North,” he said.
Buchwalter’s had an interesting career, in part because of the joint JD/MBA program he completed through New York Law School and Bernard M. Baruch College. He’s used both that legal and business background during his career.
His first stop was at Izod, Ltd. as a staff attorney, where he led efforts to halt counterfeiting of the popular shirts. That included some middle-of-the-night car chases and other atypical activities for the executive office.
After two years at Buchwalter Associates, Inc. a family-owned management consultant and real estate investment company, Buchwalter landed at National Guardian Security Services Corp. in Greenwich, Conn. There he served as senior corporate attorney, responsible for mergers and acquisitions for the electronic and physical security services provider, as well as contract negotiations and other legal matters that included managing a $150 million class action lawsuit resulting from the One Meridian Plaza fire that was one of first cases to use Alternative Dispute Resolution to settle the case within the company’s insurance limits.
From there, Buchwalter joined NYDIC Open MRI of America, LLC as vice president/general counsel, helping to grow the company from six MRI centers to 33 across 14 states. He stepped in as acting CEO in 2001, leading a leveraged buyout of the company and a subsequent streamlining of operations.
In 2007, after divesting his interests in Nydic, Buchwalter established Stillwell Enterprises, LLC, a consultative services and acquisition holding company with a “sweet spot” ranging from start-up companies through those in the $100 million range. There he uses his past business and legal history – both positive experiences and mistakes – in his day-to-day work to aid his clients in navigating through business upticks and retrenchments.
“Those are the things that have guided me ever since,” he said, noting that, in addition to the services rendered to his clients, he’s still looking for his next business opportunity.
Buchwalter now lives in Ridgewood, N.J., with his wife, who teaches middle-school special education, and a 21-year old son who’s a dual philosophy/political science major at Northeastern University.
He stays active with a mixture of kettlebells, bicycling, golf, mixed martial arts and cooking – when he’s not networking. In his nomination to the GPSEG Board of Directors, it was noted that Buchwalter was easily the organization’s most active member in posting job leads.
Although GPSEG’s been in expansion mode for a while, Buchwalter believes there’s still room to grow, both in the market area of NJENG and the relatively untapped market surrounding it.
“Given our proximity to the New York City market and the dynamics of GPSEG-type volunteerism, active networking, structure and content not offered elsewhere in that that area … We could hopefully pull executives from the city into our organization,” he said.
Buchwalter’s resume includes a stint creating a program aimed at thwarting counterfeiters of Izod shirts, several years overseeing about 130 acquisitions for a security services company, a term as CEO and owner of a $50 million MRI services provider and several years leading his own consulting services and acquisition holding company.
Through it all, he’s learned the value of networking, specifically the importance of treating people well.
“It sounds trite, but what goes around comes around,” he said.
Buchwalter has played an important role in GPSEG’s recent merger with the New Jersey Executive Networking Group (NJENG). He served as chairman of that organization’s steering committee and is the GPSEG Liaison to the recently formed GPSEG – New Jersey North Chapter, as well as a member of the GPSEG Board of Directors.
“The members from New Jersey North will bring value to GPSEG, just as GPSEG members will bring value to New Jersey North,” he said.
Buchwalter’s had an interesting career, in part because of the joint JD/MBA program he completed through New York Law School and Bernard M. Baruch College. He’s used both that legal and business background during his career.
His first stop was at Izod, Ltd. as a staff attorney, where he led efforts to halt counterfeiting of the popular shirts. That included some middle-of-the-night car chases and other atypical activities for the executive office.
After two years at Buchwalter Associates, Inc. a family-owned management consultant and real estate investment company, Buchwalter landed at National Guardian Security Services Corp. in Greenwich, Conn. There he served as senior corporate attorney, responsible for mergers and acquisitions for the electronic and physical security services provider, as well as contract negotiations and other legal matters that included managing a $150 million class action lawsuit resulting from the One Meridian Plaza fire that was one of first cases to use Alternative Dispute Resolution to settle the case within the company’s insurance limits.
From there, Buchwalter joined NYDIC Open MRI of America, LLC as vice president/general counsel, helping to grow the company from six MRI centers to 33 across 14 states. He stepped in as acting CEO in 2001, leading a leveraged buyout of the company and a subsequent streamlining of operations.
In 2007, after divesting his interests in Nydic, Buchwalter established Stillwell Enterprises, LLC, a consultative services and acquisition holding company with a “sweet spot” ranging from start-up companies through those in the $100 million range. There he uses his past business and legal history – both positive experiences and mistakes – in his day-to-day work to aid his clients in navigating through business upticks and retrenchments.
“Those are the things that have guided me ever since,” he said, noting that, in addition to the services rendered to his clients, he’s still looking for his next business opportunity.
Buchwalter now lives in Ridgewood, N.J., with his wife, who teaches middle-school special education, and a 21-year old son who’s a dual philosophy/political science major at Northeastern University.
He stays active with a mixture of kettlebells, bicycling, golf, mixed martial arts and cooking – when he’s not networking. In his nomination to the GPSEG Board of Directors, it was noted that Buchwalter was easily the organization’s most active member in posting job leads.
Although GPSEG’s been in expansion mode for a while, Buchwalter believes there’s still room to grow, both in the market area of NJENG and the relatively untapped market surrounding it.
“Given our proximity to the New York City market and the dynamics of GPSEG-type volunteerism, active networking, structure and content not offered elsewhere in that that area … We could hopefully pull executives from the city into our organization,” he said.