Larry Brown

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Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer @ Blue Flow All Service Plumbing
Alpharetta, GA, US
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Alpharetta, Georgia, United States, United States
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About Larry Brown

As CEO, President, my career has been marked by transformative growth and turnarounds. With a robust background in leading fast-paced businesses including private equity in several industries, I bring a wealth of experience and a strong understanding of rapid growth, operational efficiencies, profitability and value creation.My career is marked by a series of strategic leadership roles where I have consistently demonstrated my ability to execute successful value creation, navigate complex M&A landscapes, drive operational excellence utilizing six sigma and building high performing teams.Strategic Leadership: Spearheaded turnarounds and scaled sales, operations across various sectors, including SAAS, achieving sustainable revenue growth and increased net income.Financial Stewardship: Managed P&L across multiple companies, significantly grew and scaled sales, operations, finance, marketing and business cultures that thrived even amidst market adversities.Operational Excellence: Implemented Six Sigma to streamline processes, significantly boosting efficiency & performance.Private Equity Success: Created substantial value for equity & private firms, culminating in substantial exits.Cultural Architect: Built, nurtured effective cultures, ensuring alignment with corporate goals & employee engagement.Board-Level Influence: Offered over a decade of strategic insights as a board director, shaping governance and corporate direction.HIGHLIGHTS:Operating Partner with Two Successful PE ExitsSuccessful IPOBreadth of Successful Roles: CEO, CFO, COO, CRORange of Industry’s: SaaS Fin-Tech, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Financial Services, QSRCompany Sizes: Start-up -> $1.5 billionLeadership: Full P&LGrowth: Organic, New Markets, Innovative Products:10X -> 3 yrs; 10X -> 4 yrs; 5X -> 3 yrs; 2.5X-> 2 yrsFour Successful TurnaroundsStrategy, Operations, Sales, Marketing, FinanceTransformational- Create Winning CulturesIndustry Leading Sales & Marketing: Recruit, Build, Train, Align Compensation to Scale for Hyper- growthSuccessfully Increased Brand PresencePerformance Management: KPI’s, Roles, GoalsLarge Companies: Bank of America, PNC, The Loan Depot, The Home Depot, Lowes, Costco, Sam’s Club, Bimbo Bakeries, Campbell Soup, Pepperidge Farms, White Castle, PF Chang’s, United Grocers, Best Buy, Amazon.Large, Multi-Year, Multi-Million $ NegotiationsMentoring: Leadership Teams, High Performing TeamsInnovation: Products, ProcessesSix Sigma, Lean Manufacturing/OperationsFinancial Reengineeringwww.chip_brown.com

Larry Brown's Current Company Details
Blue Flow All Service Plumbing

Blue Flow All Service Plumbing

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Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Alpharetta, GA, US
Website:
goblueflow.com
Employees:
27
Larry Brown Work Experience Details
  • Blue Flow All Service Plumbing
    Chief Financial Officer And Chief Operating Officer
    Blue Flow All Service Plumbing
    Alpharetta, Ga, Us
  • Yota: Your Only Trusted Advisor
    Ceo | President | Family Office | Private Equity | Investor
    Yota: Your Only Trusted Advisor Apr 2016 - Present
    Full P&L. Work with Owners, Founders, Family Offices, Investors to Significantly scale, grow, improve and turn around companies/ investments. Provide Strategic, Sales, Financial, Operational, Marketing, Leadership, Direction, Guidance and Expertise to portfolio companies creating significant value, revenue and profit growth. Prepare, market companies for investment & successful sale. Provide Leadership as CEO of mid-cap companies (Up to $1.2 Billion) to provide general management leadership: CEO, CFO, CRO, COO. Expertise to scale for significant value creation: leadership, strategy, sales, marketing, operations, finance, distribution, corporate governance and sources of capital to create significant value. www.chip_brown.comReview investment opportunities, prepare for investment and advise/counsel leadership teams in operating companies to substantially improve business performance. Worked on large private placements: $18B, $23B. Sourced several large commercial real estate development opportunities: up to $2B. Investor relationships: Family Offices, Founder/Owners, Investors, Private Equity, Venture Capital.
  • Richmond Honan Development & Acquisitions, Llc
    President | Coo | Strategic Advisor
    Richmond Honan Development & Acquisitions, Llc Feb 2020 - Nov 2023
    Roswell, Georgia, Us
    Led $462 million of Medical Office (MOB) assets over 1,500,000 sq./ft. (10 MOBs in Atlanta, Dallas, San Antonio, 2 Senior Living Facilities). Ensure operational efficiency, client relations, TI and CAPEX create superior valuation. 6 direct reports.* Increased portfolio valuation by $61million, a 15% increase in 3 years.* Substantially improved operating efficiencies across the portfolio.* Significantly increased operating liquidity by over $20 million annually, asset and property management.* Helped lead the turnaround of two senior living facilities with no loss during the COVID pandemic.* Supported the growth of the LifeHope Medical Practice platform.
  • United Bakery Equipment Co.
    Ceo | Cfo
    United Bakery Equipment Co. Sep 2017 - Mar 2020
    Full P&L. Turned around and significantly grew revenue for this fifty-two-year-old innovative, automation engineering industry leader of wholesale bakery equipment. Implemented reengineering, streamlined processes to drive customer response, sales, process efficiencies, product throughput and quality. Established KPI's and financial performance. 7 direct reports.* Improved quality of key team members. Implemented six sigma and lean manufacturing.* Executed financial reengineering, daily cash disciplines to create cash flow for stability, growth. * Generated significant profitable sales growth of 487%.* Increase sales of parts and service by 1000%.* Reestablished credibility to win back large customers: Bimbo Bakeries, Campbell Soup, Pepperidge Farms, White Castle. * Improved profitability by 7500% and turned the unprofitability to sustained profitability.* Led innovative new products and updated top selling products with numerous innovative, value added features.
  • Docutech Corporation (Private Equity Exit)
    Cro | Coo
    Docutech Corporation (Private Equity Exit) Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
    Organization leadership for growth and rebranding preparing for successful PE exit building infrastructure for sales, marketing, customers, product, operations, implementation, integration, legal, compliance and account management/service for an innovative, high growth SaaS, FinTech software company. Recruited, trained, scaled sales, marketing, product management. 7 direct reports.* Grew sales by 100%, 1-1/2 year.* Drove organic sales growth including several large tier clients, implementation of professional, aggressive sales management, sales operation processes and value add marketing.* Negotiated multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts: Bank of America +$13M/yr., Sterns Lending + $5M/yr., Loan Depot + $5M/yr.*Organized, staffed, developed an improved delivery model and processes for implementation and integration increasing net new transactions by 147% over plan.* Drive profitability increase by 70% YOY to 94% GM.* Led successful, industry leading re-branding effort.* Scaled operational efficiency for growth, enhanced profitability and client engagement.* Led the creation and development of industry leading re-branding marketing campaign: New logo, advertising, collateral, web site supporting significant growth.
  • Transfirst ( Private Equity Exit Company Sold To Tsys)
    Senior Vice President Sales, Ecommerce(Corporate Sales)| Private Equity
    Transfirst ( Private Equity Exit Company Sold To Tsys) Oct 2012 - Oct 2014
    Full Division P&L. Turned around (from last performing division to first, 1 year), grew implemented processes for sales growth and improved margins. Developed sales leadership. Improved sales and marketing recruiting, training effectiveness for scale. Established KPI's Created significant value. 10 direct reports.* Significantly grew, turned around and led this $1.2 Billion, B2B, Financial Service, Mid-cap merchant credit card processing services worst performing sales division to the top performing in one year for over 1300 financial institutions and for 190,000 merchants.* Led record YOY revenue growth: 140%, year 1; 139% year 2.* Improved Gross Profit Margin increase by 139% over prior year.* Implemented aligned sales compensation, introduced incentive sales plan, aggressive pipeline (Sales Force Implementation) management, forecasting disciplines and best sales execution practices.* Instilled professional sales processes, management and new sales training scaling the business. * Led the development of a professional best in class results oriented culture.* Created accountability based pipeline sales management techniques.
  • Direct General:  Private Equity - Tpg Capital
    Cro | Private Equity | Turnaround| Growth
    Direct General: Private Equity - Tpg Capital Oct 2008 - Sep 2012
    Provided organizational leadership to significantly grew, turned around and led this $615M TPG Capital company with 410 retail location sales force of 4 Regional VP’s, 25 District Sales Managers, VP of Sales Operations, Director of Sales Process, 900 store managers and agents. Developed sales, marketing and operational strategy for turn-around and growth. Implemented successful execution for fast results. Established KPI's. 7 reports.* Increased annual revenue run rate $75M by implementing best practices and effective selling processes.* Significantly grew revenue from -32% to + 22% percent and increased new business by introducing aligned sales compensation / incentives.* Improved close rate 24 points by implementing real time key metrics for field and new sales training.* Saved $3.3 M per year by creating new staffing model to ensure profitable sales and customer service.
  • Lifestyle Entertainment Group
    President | Ceo
    Lifestyle Entertainment Group Jan 2004 - Nov 2008
    Full P&L. Founded, capitalized consumer electronic start-up. Developed strategy and created innovative audio products to address the outdoor home lifestyle trends. Led sales, marketing, operational, design, manufacturing and financing. Grew from start-up to $36 million dollars in revenue within two years. Our first product “LiteSounds” was a patent pending outdoor light and audio speaker system. 4 direct reports.* Grew revenues from start-up to $36 million initial orders.* Successful capital raise, $5 million.* Conceived, invented, developed, marketed and sold LiteSounds and other unique innovative products: LiteWaves, LiteVibes, and Umbrella speaker light, Ceiling fan speaker.* Built distribution: Sold to: Lowe’s, Home Depot, Best Buy, Lamps Plus, Sam’s Club, Costco, Smarthome, Amazon, PoolCorp (Pool Distribution), Green (landscape lighting) Distribution, Best Buy.* Approved Major League Baseball, MLB, licensee.
  • Sonance
    Ceo|
    Sonance Jun 1999 - Jan 2004
    San Clemente, California, Us
    Full P &L. Significantly grew, led, created business strategy and managed $125 million, privately held, global high-end consumer electric business. Established KPI's, financial reporting and management. Led Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Operations, R&D, Product, Finance and IT. 8 direct reports.* Grew company value to $125M by creating customer focus with exemplary service. * Increased total revenue from $17M to $120M, 735% in four years by creating innovative products.* Led industry with 8 Best New Products for innovation* Reduced time to market by 30%.* Grew existing distribution by 300% from 600 dealers to 1800. * Led new distribution: Best Buy, Magnolia Home Theater, Lowes, Costco, Security channel.* Increased international sales from 3% of sales to 10% turned customer needs into product features.* Improved sales per employee from $258K to $2.4M by streamlining business processes.* Improved gross profit percent of sales by 13% (from 46%-59%): product redesign and negotiation.* Increased cash flow by 500% through aggressive, enhanced cash management techniques.* Boosted net profitability growth by 576% (from 2% PAT to 21%). * Consistent EBITDA of 21-27%.* Received Orange County’s Fast 50 Technology Company; Ethics in America Awards.* Received numerous best and innovative new product industry award: Audiophile, CEDIA.

Larry Brown Education Details

  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    General Management
  • University Of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College Of Business
    University Of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College Of Business
    Finance And Marketing (Double Major)

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Larry Brown works for Blue Flow All Service Plumbing

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Larry Brown's current role is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

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Larry Brown's email address is cb****@****orp.com

What schools did Larry Brown attend?

Larry Brown attended Harvard Business School, University Of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College Of Business.

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