BARRY GORENSTEIN - VICE PRESIDENT,
OPERATIONS
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Barry
Gorenstein began his career in the Self Storage Industry during 2002 as a
District Manager with Chesapeake Resources, a self storage management
company operating in the highly competitive Washington DC market.
Chesapeake operated as many as 29 properties under the name Self Storage
Plus.
At Chesapeake he was responsible for 12 facilities that consisted of nearly
900,000 square feet of rentable space within 7,400 storage units.
Gorenstein had profit and loss responsibility for approximately $15,000,000
in annual revenue.
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Mr. Gorenstein’s responsibilities included recruiting and training of new
and existing staff, co-development of policy and procedure manuals,
complete property/honesty audits, marketing the facilities, administration
of delinquency enforcement including lien sales, coordinating the opening
of new facilities, evaluation and oversight of
space mix changes to increase revenue, developing operating budgets, etc.
Prior to starting his career in the Self Storage Industry, Mr. Gorenstein
spent 15 years in the retail industry as both a Store Manager and then a
District Manager where he cultivated his customer service, leadership and
multi store management skills.
Mr. Gorenstein spent the years from 1994 until 2001 working with Lechter’s
Housewares. Lechter's operated over 550 retail stores selling kitchen and
household items in malls and strip centers throughout the county. Mr.
Gorenstein began with Lechter’s as a store manager running the highest
volume store in the Washington, DC market. In 1998 Mr. Gorenstein was
promoted to District Manager overseeing stores in Virginia, Maryland, West
Virginia, North and South Carolina.
While at Lechter’s he received the company’s “Spirit” award in 1998,
which is bestowed upon the employee who best exemplified the company’s
goals and objectives. As District Manager he was directly responsible for
13 stores and over 75 employees and successfully achieved his budgeted
sales and shrinkage goals during all seven
years with Lechters.
Mr. Gorenstein worked as a District Manager for Family Dollar Stores from
2001 until 2002 where he was responsible for 18 stores in North and South
Carolina. There he was responsible for over 100 employees and retail sales
exceeding $12,000,000 annually.
Mr. Gorenstein has joined Storage Investment Management, Inc. (SIMI) in
March 2006 as Vice President- Operations where he is responsible for
customer service, staff development, training, audit and inspections,
policy, systems and procedures, oversight of service contract, tenant
collections and delinquency management, and
developing annual operating budgets.
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