Michael Barr Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

As a Senior Advisor with CRS, I provide Risk Management, Strategic customer acquisition, M&A services including target identification, negotiations, integration, P&L management and expense reduction. I also provide explosive growth strategies and implementation.mbarr@crsadvisory.com847 212 4475

Libertyville

* Identify sellers and acquire profitable businesses * Devise acquisition strategies to analyze existing business models* Evaluate financial impact, brand image, cultural compatibility, product synergy, revenue and organic growth potential to determine soundness of investments * Successfully evaluate acquisition opportunities * Negotiate acquisition terms including pricing and structure and perform due diligence analyzing costs, benefits and risks * Streamline and improve processes raising proficiencies among management teams* Manage the acquisition life cycle from initial market research to proposal, negotiations and closing* Direct daily operations, supervise subordinates and oversee business process improvements * Maintain full fiduciary responsibility including profit and loss* Achieved growth within the1st aquired company, from $2 Million to upwards of $8 MillionSpecial Projects Consultant (2008-2014)(For multiple companies under the umbrella of Operations & Capital Partners, LLC)* Developed tactical restructuring plans that aligned management structure to overall operational and profitability strategies * Provided advisement to a metals service center regarding business process optimization and management team restructuring, that was implemented within 90 days * Reinvigorated operations promoting profitability and improving efficiency and communication* Redefined roles to effectively manage sustained revenue opportunities and improve facility management operations* Facilitated weekly meetings to increase transparency into operations and communicate new and improved corporate structures* Clearly defined leadership roles and introduced core activity performance measures to promote efficiency and effectiveness* Performed sales training that focused on sales cycles, close ratios, client relationship management and identifying, qualifying and developing new business opportunities

Metro Chicago, Illinois

* Acted as CFO, Sales Manager, and Special Projects Manager * Added 4 additional services to initial offering* Developed all accounting procedures * Reviewed all contracts for risk * Negotiated with all suppliers * Managed all escalated customer complaints * Purchased all insurance * Led banking negotiations

Libertyville, Il

* Purchased a seat at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange spearheading securities, futures, options and commodities trading * Designed and implemented quantitative trading models to trade equity futures electronically

Greater Chicago Area

* Ran business as privately held company until 1998, sold business to a publicly traded company in for 12 times EBITDA* Developed creative employee retention plan for union employees that enabled the company to retain core workers during the recession* Exercised full profit and loss responsibility directing strategic sales programs to grow sales from $1.5 Million to $10 Million * Drove profit growth qualifying and managing business opportunities and achieving top five subsidiary in day sales outstanding and top five subsidiary in gross margin

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