Barry Kolevzon Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Greater New York City Area

We are a Growth Consultant group that Builds Better Business Solutions using innovative resources to enable company, in lower and middle market, to realize their potential utilizing proven, successful advisors.• Utilize the five (5) sides of a pentagon to focus on business areas of Capital Growth Strategies, Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance and Human Capital. • Innovative and functionally diverse senior level advisors with sustained history of success helping companies cope with business challenges, non-sector focused.• Able to craft profitable solutions to challenging growth problems, operationally experienced to implement them.

Greater New York City Area

Help companies to get funding, improve cash flow, sales, marketing, operations and conflict resolution for domestic and international companies. • Advisory Board for ResearchPAYS, a privately-held, New York-based, strategic business consulting firm.• Served as Board member for an HRMS software and business solutions provider (NOW Solutions, Inc., a public company).• Advised and assisted boutique Private Equity firm, Arglen & Co., LLC, on due diligence in 15 different companies in North America and Asia for portfolio deals. • Developed & analyzed business, sales, production plans, operational strategies, and staff planning.• Have developed corporate pricing manual for companies; negotiated barter agreements for services, setup transfer pricing system between company divisions and conducted due diligence.

Greater New York City Area

National Business Investment Forums. Forums let companies present directly at the same time to 100+ investors (i.e. Angels, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Family offices and High Net Worth Individuals) at 1 place in 1 day in New York City. Forum helps raise investment capital for companies by introduction of 100+ investors to companies seeking capital. 5 forums annually in NYC.• Recruit companies raising capital to participate in Forums. • Analyze and advise companies on their Executive Summaries for Forum.• Contracted data source to locate companies looking for capital funding in order to talk about Forum advantages.• Successful launch in San Francisco, CA in June 2011 with an exclusive invitation-only event.

Greater New York City Area

A dynamic lifestyle agency in NYC that takes the traditional definition of “agency” to another level. Offers a contemporary set of values to entertainment-centric properties and programs. Developed integrated platforms with innovative Intellectual Properties that blend lifestyle elements with media and consumers.

Greater New York City Area

Consumer goods manufacturer/sales/marketing group for proprietary soap-filled sponge shaped products. • Negotiated consumer goods licensing agreements, spurring rapid growth. Determined need for brand recognition to enhance product acceptance. Researched children’s brands; Negotiated four branding licensing agreements with major children’s companies. Grew sales $1M+ in first year.• Expanded from one to 6 product lines that helped to increase sales after research of viable product lines, products and ingredients. Reviewed retail offerings and company opportunities.• Created new eCommerce website with customer alerts with company ads, increasing sales.• Reduced costs - created off-site warehouses for retail sales & eCommerce preparation and shipment.

Greater New York City Area

Managed sales team (45+) at six Northeast US plants. Sold industrial and consumer packaging products to distributors, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and retailers.• Lead 10% annual revenue growth in six Northeast plants by energizing entire sales team. Conducted sales training sessions and sales contests to obtain better margin profitable business.• Forged national/international strategic selling alliance of 11 successful independent North American companies that improved gross margins, allowing more efficient product sales, service & delivery. Company got more national type business in NY area.• Developed and Implemented corporate software and information system for six facilities, achieving cross-company manufacturing transfers with improved costs. Project completed in 8 months and under budget.

Greater New York City Area

Recruited to rejuvenate company after 29% sales decline in prior three years. Reported to offshore CEO.• Turned around three-year, 29% revenue slide. Inherited sales, manufacturing and capital issues. Improved selling performance through better management of sales team, changed plant manager and spent monies for capital improvements.• Increased first year revenues annualized by 22% by refocusing sales product line.• Reduced costs $2.2M through production efficiencies, better order lead time procedures and setup order lead time guidelines.• Improved company performance to become favorable candidate for acquisition; sold to National Packaging Companies.

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Mba, Business Economics, Finance

Ba, Economics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business/Managerial Economics

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