Jim Barnish Jr.
# Design Thinking
# Launches & GTM
# Mergers & Acquisitions
# P.E. / V.C.
# RevOps
# Startups
# Strategy
*Racemi: Chief of Staff (COO) - Led the turnaround, growth and exit of a Series B cloud migration company. (See Abstract)
Tribridge, GES (Gulfeagle Supply), Supervalu: M&A Strategy - 15+ years M&A experience, acquiring and integrating 30+ companies ranging from $2-$250M.
*TradeSmith: Growth Architect - Guided a fintech company to a $36M exit - 55 percent valuation increase in seven months. (See Abstract)
*Florida Funders: Partner & Director of Investments - Structured investment engine, now the most active VC in Florida. (See Abstract)
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison - B.A., Business Administration & Management; University of Missouri - B.A., Strategic Communications & Journalism - Advertisement; University of South Florida - MBA, University of South Florida - M.S., Management - Entrepreneurship & Sustainability
# AI / ML
# Big Data
# ERP / CRM
# FinOps
# FinTech
# Gaming
# Retail / CPG
# Social Media
# SaaS Development
# Cloud Computing
- Board Advisor: USF, Synapse, Blockspaces, TSO Life
- Certified Agile Leader & Scrum Master: Scrum Alliance
- Chapter Adviser & Alumnus: Beta Theta Pi
- Alumnus: Delta Sigma Pi
- Member: Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
What I'm Reading / Listening To:
This book simplifies many of the concepts leveraged in the foundation of Orchid Black's design thinking mentality working with growth stage businesses. Another great one is the Startup Equation by Steve Fisher.
