Barry Slaymaker Jr.

Barry Slaymaker, Jr. has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Barry currently works as the Chief Financial Officer at ATC Development since April 2023. Prior to that, they served as the Vice President of Finance at the same company from June 2020 to April 2023. Barry also founded Ridgeline Advisory in December 2019, where they provided real property, finance, and business transaction advisory services. In addition, they served as a Board Member at America's Remanufacturing Company from May 2021 to June 2023. Barry has also held strategic advisory board member positions at Dalton Brewing Company, Dalton Innovation Accelerator, and Dalton Food Runners, LLC.

Before these roles, Barry was the Vice President at Barrett Properties, a real estate investment firm, where they guided strategic acquisitions and disposals of commercial and residential properties. Barry worked there from June 2015 to June 2020 and implemented accountability processes that increased annual cash flow by 15%. Barry also identified underperforming financial managers through benchmarking.

Barry has served as a part-time professor of Entrepreneurship at Dalton State College from August 2018 to April 2020. Barry also has experience as the Director of Business Development at American Door & Hardware, where they developed and implemented a sales and business development program, resulting in a 25% year-over-year revenue increase. Barry worked there from February 2014 to June 2015. Before that, they worked as a Project Manager at the same company from June 2010 to June 2015, where they focused on strategic projects, process optimization, and cost reduction.

Barry Slaymaker, Jr.'s education history begins in 2003 when they attended Gwinnett Technical College. Barry completed their Associates degree in Construction Management in 2005. After that, in 2011, they enrolled at Colorado State University Global and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Management, which they completed in 2013. Barry then pursued higher education at Emory University - Goizueta Business School from 2013 to 2016, where they obtained a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a focus on Real Estate, General Business, and Finance.