Bernard Fried

Background

About Bernard Fried

Track record of achievement in taking companies to breakthrough financial, market, and operational success. Proven capabilities in building companies from the ground up, turning around troubled businesses, and driving revenues, growth, profitability and shareholder value creation. Excel at identifying and capitalizing on untapped opportunities, generating new ideas and plans that are sold to and financed by newly identified capital and supported by Boards, and then executing prudent investments, mergers and acquisitions, and redirecting companies to meet the market and clients’ demands. Consistently successful at building great teams and attracting high-caliber employees with tremendous work ethic and loyalty. Recent Career Highlights Include:* As CEO of Plastikon I lead and supported the rapid growth initiative leading to enhanced production facilities to aid the execution of new innovative product contracts that were being pursued and won. In addition, parsed the business toward higher multiple industries to improve business sustainability and value.* As CEO,drove 4-fold growth of recurring revenue for Siterra, 15x client growth, and opened multiple new market verticals while showing profits; capped off with multiple return sale.* As CEO turned around Citadon from serious cash burn to profitability within 2 years, consolidation of 5 entities to 1, and sourcing new funding culminating in the sale.* Founder and first Managing Director of BBS, a shared services company designed to provide on demand startup services in Finance, Human Resources, and IT to joint venture construction projects.