In 2005, Mr. Barren became an audio conferencing instructor for Progressive Business Publications (PBP) –  representing an audience of some 70,000 people, including Chief Financial Officers for both publicly- and privately-held companies. In 2007, he continued as a CPE-Accredited instructor but this time the topic was: “Cash management: Building and fortifying a strong cash flow strategy.”

In litigation support, Mr. Barren has been accepted as a multi-industry expert in more than 35 cases, including the stockbrokerage industry, representing minority shareholder interest, stockholder and fiduciary responsibilities, executive/employee compensation, wrongful employment terminations, corporate valuations plus a diversity of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. As such, he has given testimony in both Federal and State Courts plus the U.S. Tax Court and before the IRS plus acted as an expert on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission. During his 35 year career, he has written more than 500 valuation opinions.

From 1959 to 1962, Mr. Barren was an Executive Vice President and Board Member of a multi-national industrial processing and chemical company, which he was forced to assume while he was in college, following the death of his father. Other prior experiences include an association with Price Waterhouse (1963-1967) where his responsibilities were directed primarily to client marketing-related problems at the chief executive officer level, involving such companies as Paramount Pictures, Saab Motors (Sweden) and Electrolux. Between 1968 and 1972 he was a member of several Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulated investment banking firms, first as a Vice President at Walston & Co., Inc. and then as a Director/ Senior Vice President of Delafield Childs, Inc. – both then located in New York City.

In 1972, Mr. Barren became a Senior Vice President for an AMEX publicly-traded printing services company which also controlled a related company, listed in the Over-the-Counter Marketplace. Since then, he has been advisor to a number of other SEC regulated firms (Bregman Securities, Jesup & Lamont plus Birr Wilson) and in the late 1980’s to Transatlantic Capital Bio-Sciences Fund (London, England) - a “first-stage”, medical bio-sciences venture fund,  whose investors included Johnson & Johnson International and Fison Pharmaceutical. Currently, Mr. Barren continues to act as an advisor to a variety of companies, engaged in a diversity of business – worldwide, including having served as the designated Chairman of the Executive Committee in 2005-6 for a U.S. publicly held company, with two mandates from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC): to upgrade its Level II hospitals and to introduce the concept of Assisted Care Living.

Mr. Barren, who has been on various television and radio stations throughout the U.S. as part of his distinguished career, has appeared before numerous professional societies, including the American Management Association, conducting lectures and seminars on executive management, strategic planning, corporate finance, merger/acquisition and other business-related matters. From 1978 through 1995, Mr. Barren authored and conducted advanced courses in CRISIS MANAGEMENT, CORPORATE VALUATION TECHNIQUES, MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS, LITIGATION SUPPORT plus CAPITAL SOURCING under the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program of the then 32,000-member California Certified Public Accountants Foundation for Education and Research, the 35,000-member State of New York, and the 30,000-member Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.

During the 1980's and 1990's, Mr. Barren appeared on various radio and television shows as an expert in business and the U. S. economy.  Between 1991-1993, he was a frequent guest speaker to a number of Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) CFO Forums in Southern California plus acted as a panel judge for Ernst & Young’s Annual Entrepreneurial  Awards. For 2001, Mr. Barren was appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Prentice-Hall.

From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Barren taught courses as a part-time visiting lecturer for the Anderson Graduate School of Business-UCLA, The University of Southern California; Pepperdine University's Executive MBA Program plus Whittier College of Law and Chapman University's School of Law. In 1995-1996, Mr. Barren co-instructed various "workshop" courses  in loan documentation and valuation procedures for Sanwa Bank, then one of the top five international banks.

Since 2005, Mr. Barren has received a number of  accolades from various Latin American Countries for his many years of service to them. First, he was honored  by  the Central American Parliament and then by the President of CENTROAMERICANA DE INVERSIONES S. DE R. L. for his 40-years of service to its member countries in aiding their trade, both imports and exports – worldwide. This was then followed by honoring Mr. Barren for his countless efforts in helping Latin Americans in North America which has resulted in the creation  or saving of employment of its people. Recently, Mr. Barren was given another commendation. This was from FUNHDICOL (Fundacion Hondurena Para El Desarrollo Intelectual y Colectivo) for  his many years of services in which he has assisted in many of this institution’s financial transactions which has helped in this country’s development.

In 2006, Mr. Barren was the Presenter for "Businessman of the Year" Award at the Trumpet Awards Ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia - the “Oscars” for African American Community Service.  In 2006, Mr. Barren was presented with a Certificate of Honor from China's State-owned Supervision and Administration Commission of the People's Government of Hunan Province for his "great contribution" for establishing the first Sino-American Joint Ventured Hospital. Subsequently, he was also the keynote speaker at the 20th Annual China Industry Development Forum in Dongguan held by the China Tourist Hotels Association and received a plaque for his being an advisor to the Association. Mr. Barren, under EMCO/Hanover, has further been given an exclusive right to acquire majority control in the privatization of the first water treatment facility in China.

In 2007, Mr. Barren, who has appeared on Chinese television on a number of occasions, was presented with a second Certificate of Honor. This time, it was in recognition of his efforts in the award of the first ever granted license to build an assisted-care living community in China which will consist of some 12,000 senior citizen, housing units. Separately, he also received a Letter of Appointment as a senior consultant for the Prosperity of Baotou business and investment from the Baotou Disabled People Welfare Fund Association of The Red Cross of Baotou City, Inner Monogolia from its Chairman – Zheng Jinduo.  Concurrent with that, Mr. Barren was further appointed a senior consultant for The Association of Entrepreneur’s Friend, Baotou CPPCC by its President – Li yu ran.

In 2008, Mr. Barren joined the Board of Directors of Elephant Talk Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded U.S. Company.  Elephant Talk is an international telecom operator and enabler/systems integrator to the multi-media industry by facilitating the distribution of all forms of content and telecom services to global consumers.  Besides various worldwide licenses in over a dozen markets in Europe, Asia Pacific  and the Middle East, it also has a license to operate telecommunication switching facilities in China. Mr. Barren serves as its Company’s Vice Chairman in addition to being Chairman of both the Audit and Finance plus the Compensation Committees. In addition, he is the independent Director for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Barren has been listed in Marquis' Who's Who in the World since 1989 where also his academic credentials are presented. These include a Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College in 1962, a Master’s Degree from Bucknell University in 1963 plus in 1967 and 1968, two graduate certificates in International Marketing and Finance with one from the Harvard Business School and the other from Cambridge University (Pembroke College) – England.

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