Barry M. Shereck
Portfolio CFO, MBA
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
- Career Highlights: CFO/COO for six companies; helped grow a Japanese electronics subsidiary to $400M+ in revenue; raised $40M for a high-tech video company with peak valuation over $1B; created $500M in shareholder value within one month for a distressed tech company; scaled an entertainment company from $20M to nearly $500M in annual sales.
- Specialties: Mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border), financial modeling, strategic planning, negotiations, shareholder value creation, operations leadership, international business, video technology, entertainment, health and wellness, and camera manufacturing/distribution.
- Education: MBA (Columbia University). CPA, New York State.
CAREER JOURNEY
Barry Shereck has held roles such as the CFO of the US subsidiary of a major Japanese electronics company. He was part of the team that built the company from a startup to revenue of more than $400 million and profits of more than $20 million. Barry has also been the CFO of a high-tech video company, where he prepared the financial and strategic plans presented to investors, and raised more than $40 million, creating peak shareholder value in excess of $1 billion.
With more than thirty years of experience in building substantial shareholder value in both private and public companies, from start-ups to mature companies, in a broad array of industries, Shereck has applied his deep and broad experience, analytical abilities, and technical expertise to quickly develop creative, innovative and successful solutions to solve seemingly impossible issues.
Barry’s most notable accomplishments include creating $500 million in shareholder value, within a month, for a digital video technology company that was facing serious financial difficulty; growing a worldwide entertainment company’s annual sales from $20 million to almost $500 million in less than 6 years; reducing the overhead of a newly acquired overseas subsidiary company by more than $3 million annually by reorganizing and rebuilding their operations; and designing and implementing an inventory control system that reduced inventory for a publicly traded global camera manufacturer and distributor by 25% in 12 months.
Barry received his MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.