# Alex Barnes

**Head of Growth and Real Estate @ Codi** — New York City, NY, United States

> Experienced operator with roles spanning GTM, sales, commercial real estate and operations

Career Archetype: **All-Terrain Summiteer** (HB-DX) — One of the first All-Terrain Summiteers on Saywise

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexmbarnes

## Experience

### Head of Growth and Real Estate, Codi (2022-06 – present)
New York, New York, United States · - Started as Head of Real Estate leading supply side of Codi's managed marketplace. Transitioned to Head of Growth / Sales as company pivoted to SaaS and Service solution

### Head of Expansion, Fridge No More (2021-05 – 2022-03)
New York, New York, United States · - Led expansion growing Fridge No More's retail portfolio from 3 to 30 stores less than 1 year

### Consultant, Savitt Partners LLC (2020-08 – 2021-04)
New York, United States

### Head of Real Estate & Business Development, NY, Knotel (2019-08 – 2020-07)
New York City Metropolitan Area · - Joined Knotel as one of the first 15 employees and helped scale through Series C reaching $320M revenue run rate. Acquired by Newmark (Nasdaq: NMRK). - Led NYC market for real estate and commercial sales

### Senior Manager, Real Estate & Business Development, Knotel (2018-01 – 2019-07)
New York City Metropolitan Area

### Manager, Strategy & Business Development, Knotel (2017-01 – 2017-12)
New York City Metropolitan Area

### Director of Business Operations, Tansler, Inc. (2015-12 – 2016-12)
Greater New York City Area · - Led business operations for an early stage vacation rental startup. - Scaled the company to include over 500K properties worldwide. Won first place at Phocuswright (the largest travel industry conference) as 'The Most Innovative Travel Tech Company'.

### Business Development Manager, SIMPLENIGHT (2014-11 – 2015-11)
New York City Metropolitan Area · - Led the company's business development efforts, focusing on sales and strategic channel partnerships.

### Equity Research Analyst, Dowling & Partners (2011-06 – 2014-10)
- Analyst on a #1 ranked equity research team, covering ~50 publicly traded insurance companies.

## Education

### BA in Business-Economics, Skidmore College (2007-01 – 2011-01)
Activities and societies: Cum Laude, Class Treasurer, Academic Tutor, Men's Soccer Team

## Skills

Equity Research, Bloomberg, Financial Analysis, Research, Valuation, Wealth Management, Marketing, Equities, Financial Modeling, Investments, Market Research, Securities, Bloomberg Terminal, Sales, Strategic Partnerships, CRM, Microsoft Office, Social Media, Microsoft Excel, SQL

## Credentials

- **30 Under 30 in NYC Real Estate** — Commercial Observer (issued 2018-10)
- **Intro to Python for Data Science** — DataCamp

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