Edward GURARY
CEO and Chief Consulting Officer
Edward is the serial entrepreneur with three consecutive successful technology startups in 1989 – 2007 and a well-rounded executive, specialist in turnarounds, with a dozen of successful international positions in diverse industries as a term CEO, CCO or COO since 2007. Bilingual leader who performs well in start-up and crisis management environments.Holds Master’s Degree in business administration, Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics and master’s degree in computer science.
AREAS OF STRENGTHS INCLUDE:
· Consistent delivery of outstanding financial performance to the stakeholders
· Operational efficiency through the right people, processes, and technology
· Extraordinary soft skills
· Focus on setting and achieving business goals and KPI’s
· Effective team building, commination, and conflict resolution
· Impactful sales, business development and partnerships skills
· C-level negotiation skills and extensive experience; building strategic alliances
· Crisis management
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
· Carbon credits trading
· Wireless equipment distribution and integration
· IT, software development, marketing, and multi-channel sales
· Mail-Order and retail distribution of consumer goods; e-commerce; big data forming and monetization
· Commercial real estate investments and management
· Hedge fund management, KYC, AML, and compliance enforcement; fund raising
· Fertilizer’s manufacturing and trading
· Operational and commercial due diligence for the M&A purposes and operational turnarounds/restructuring/EBITDA improvement
Edward’s role is identifying and defining the scope of the project, assessing the necessary skills and the best suitable partners to perform the job, and assembling the team. He gets acquainted with the transformation details of the business, works closely with the Client and their team, constructs the plan of execution, budget, timetable, KPI’s and performs overall management.
AREAS OF STRENGTHS INCLUDE:
· Consistent delivery of outstanding financial performance to the stakeholders
· Operational efficiency through the right people, processes, and technology
· Extraordinary soft skills
· Focus on setting and achieving business goals and KPI’s
· Effective team building, commination, and conflict resolution
· Impactful sales, business development and partnerships skills
· C-level negotiation skills and extensive experience; building strategic alliances
· Crisis management
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:
· Carbon credits trading
· Wireless equipment distribution and integration
· IT, software development, marketing, and multi-channel sales
· Mail-Order and retail distribution of consumer goods; e-commerce; big data forming and monetization
· Commercial real estate investments and management
· Hedge fund management, KYC, AML, and compliance enforcement; fund raising
· Fertilizer’s manufacturing and trading
· Operational and commercial due diligence for the M&A purposes and operational turnarounds/restructuring/EBITDA improvement
Edward’s role is identifying and defining the scope of the project, assessing the necessary skills and the best suitable partners to perform the job, and assembling the team. He gets acquainted with the transformation details of the business, works closely with the Client and their team, constructs the plan of execution, budget, timetable, KPI’s and performs overall management.