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A Coalition of Collaborators

Promoting the collaboration between public school administrators and highly competent advisors.

About Us

COLLABOLITION: K-12 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND ADVISORS HELPING ONE ANOTHER

Collabolition is a boutique management consulting firm helping school boards, superintendents, and

C-level executives optimize their current and future financial performance and outlook.

At Collabolition, our team and independent partners help K-12 public school administrators

connect and collaborate with other public school administrators and advisors.

FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES

Collabolition provides leadership teams proactive consulting services to help improve and cross-train integrated school business procedures with a focus on risk management.

TRANSACTION ADVISORY SERVICES

Seasoned transaction-oriented advisors at Collabolition can advise schools in the areas of financial projection development, real estate valuation assessments, and municipal bond-related financial analytics.

INTERIM MANAGEMENT SERVICES

When schools need skilled, experienced advisors to contend with chief financial officer and/or chief operating officer turnover, Collabolition's advisors and partners can provide stability through periods of transition.

RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION

Schools facing stressed or distressed operational

situations can rely upon Collabolition to provide innovative and creative solutions to complex problems.

Founder and Lead Advisor

LUIS P. HINOJOSA, Ed.D.

Dr. Hinojosa is a K-12 public school administrator and a partner to leaders in the public education sector.

He has served as a Deputy Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, Chief Financial Officer, District Comptroller and Financial Controller at Texas-based open-enrollment public schools (public charter / independent school district). As a Collabolition Lead Advisor, Dr. Hinojosa has also advised public charter schools in the areas of regulatory compliance, data analytics, negotiations, municipal bond post-issuance compliance, restructuring & turnaround, strategy, and other analytical consulting services.

Prior to his transition to the education sector in 2010, Dr. Hinojosa was a specialist in financial analysis and technical valuation of publicly and privately-held companies, patents and other intellectual property. As a Vice President at a boutique investment banking firm, he advised a wide variety of middle market clients in the areas of corporate merger, acquisition, and financing transactions. Dr. Hinojosa also served as a Manager in the Corporate Finance and Valuation Services practice of RubinBrown, LLP, a national public accounting firm, and served as an Economic Advisory Services Manager in the Los Angeles office of Grant Thornton, LLP, a national public accounting firm.

Dr. Hinojosa's classroom experience includes a 27 month overseas assignment in the United States Peace Corps. He served as a teacher educator and entrepreneurship advisor in urban and rural Nicaragua. He earned the distinction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) for successfully completing his 2010-2012 service in the Departments of Granada and Masaya, Nicaragua.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Certified Fraud Examiner - Member #: 645076

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Certified Internal Auditor - CIA-190442-TLKVP

Institute of Internal Auditors

Registered Texas School Business Administrator (RTSBA)

Texas Association of School Business Officials

Superintendent Certification - TEA ID#: 2303343

Texas Education Agency

EDUCATION

Doctor of Education - Ed.D.

Cooperative Superintendency Program

The University of Texas at Austin

MBA

University of Notre Dame

BSBA

University of Missouri