1. BARRY SHOKRANI
Suite#440, 1641 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7M 2J5,CANADA
Mobile: 001-604-780-3139
Email: barry.shokrani@yahoo.com
To obtain a high managerial position in sales, marketing or general areas.
 Results-oriented marketing/sales professional who works cooperatively with large business
organizations and understands their business cycles.
 Resourceful, self-motivated, and well organized; enjoy the challenge of outside sales.
 Self starter and strong closer in multitasks assignments.
 Effective team player adept in cross-cultural and interpersonal communication.
 Experienced troubleshooter with international issues.
 Excellent command of both English and Farsi, fair knowledge of German and Arabic.
Familiar with European, Asian, and Middle Eastern culture, politics and economy, through
study, extensive travel, and residency in Iran and USA.
OBJECTIVE
MBA, Marketing and Finance, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA April 1997
Business Administration, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA April 1994
Business Administration, J Sergeant Reynolds College, Richmond, VA December 1993
Preparatory PT (PPT), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,VA April 1993
Bachelor ofScience, Physical Therapy and Health Care Management February 1990
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Honored for outstanding academic and clinical research on skin and orthopedic disorders.
Efficiency in applying Low Power Laser to over 93 patients.
EDUCATION
KANAF THREAD-MILL SPINNING, INC., Isfahan,Iran 06/2001-Present
VP of International Marketing and Overseas Procurement, Member of the Board
of Directors
Exported thread and cotton yarn to Germany and European regions.
Ordered spare parts for line of production from Germany, Turkey and India
Travelled very often to Germany to improve our existing machineries as well as
purchasing new production line units.
Attended meeting of the board of directors to improve sales strategy of our factory
globally by maintaining high standard quality products and using the best spare parts in
the global market.
Najvan Inflatable Theme Park and Trading Company, Isfahan, Iran 2003-2013
Founder and President
Established the first and the biggest inflatable theme park in Iran with more than 30
small to extremely large slides and moon walkers.
Made contracts with kinder gardens, schools and universities for private and
discounted operations.
Imported and installed more than 1000 units of playgrounds, inflatables, kiddy rides
and accessories within different hospitalities such as hotels and resorts, shopping malls,
existing and newly opened amusement parks as well as school playgrounds.
Provided an outstanding after sales service through intensive both face to face and
remote CRM.
IBM Corporation, Global Services, Gardena, California,US 2000-2001
e-procurement Knowledge Manager, Ariba Consultant
Organized and teamed up a group of ERP consultants to develop an Ariba B2B
platform for fortune 500 companies of IBM.
 On a daily basis reported the project progress to top level management.
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EXPERIENCE

2. Horizon ERP Consulting, Houston,Texas 11/98-12/99
Owner and Founder
Co-operated with EDS and Anderson Consulting to bring know how top ERP
engineers from India (Bangalore) to USA for their ongoing projects in hotel, hospitality
and petrochemical industries.
Found and positioned several financial, marketing and human resources consultants
into the multimillion dollar projects contracted by EDS based in Dallas, Texas.
COMPUSA, Houston, Texas 06/97-10/98
Corporate Sales Executive
Sold to and made contracts with major fortune 500 companies for their software,
hardware and network requirements.
Bundled computer packages for corporations beyond the target sales.
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY, Marina del Ray, CA
International Marketing/Sales Manager 05/94-05/96
Supervised and coordinated marketing activities of exported bio-recycle products.
Increased global sales over a two-year period by 40%.
Identified new markets for products overseas including Australia, Malaysia, China,
and the Philippines.
Demonstrated applications and benefits of several types of products to corporate
officers.
Negotiated closing contracts and oversaw letters of credit, bills of lading, and airway
bills.
KANAF THREAD-MILL SPINNING, INC. (A GERMAN PLANT), Isfahan, Iran
Sales Assosciate 03/90-
12/1992
Monitored textile industry's trends locally and globally achieving excellent results in
sales strategies.
Performed market research for newly proposed product line using surveys and focus
group, demographic research, target marketing, and segmentation analysis.
Assisted in implementing a sales forecasting system which improved forecasting
accuracy and reduced inventory up to 60%.
Trained over 20 sales reps for developing new and existing territories resulting in
opening new wholesale outlets in the south part of Iran.
SOUTHLAND CORP. (711), Dallas, TX 01/97-04/97
Analyzed the strategic planning issues related to bankruptcy and leveraged buyout
within the company.
Prepared and interpreted ratio, cash flow, common size, trend, scenario and DuPont
analysis.
DREAMWORKS, SKG, Hollywood, CA 01/96-04/96
Conducted an intensive market research and feasibility study on movie productions
involving toys.
CONSULTING
PROJECTS
MS Office, Access, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and PageMaker, PC/Mac, SPSS, Dow Jones
News Retrieval Systems, Lexis/Nexis, National Trade Data Bank, Wall Street on Windows.
Travelling (more than 60 countries), skiing, riding,swimming,biking,visiting new hotels and
new developments as well as attending culinary art schools such as European and Thai
cuisines.
COMPUTER
SKILLS
HOBBIES
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