Miguel Torres and Brian Sherman
Sammy's Pet World Owner and Buyer!!
missing person Sam Micalizzi
Brian Sherman
Background
Summary
Seasoned entrepreneur, skilled business development professional and top sales producer with over 20 years front-lines experience in a variety of industries -- in both the U.S. & Europe. Accomplished and passionate musician: composer, producer & keyboardist.
MBA Stanford Business School.
Very excited to embark on my latest business venture: MultiPlay USA, LLC. MultiPlay manufactures, designs and installs a variety of play structures, attractions and equipment for commercial indoor and outdoor playgrounds.
At the time I sold my pet supply retail business to Petco in 1999, “Sammy’s Pet World” generated $6 million annual sales, employed 35 full-time staff and maintained among the highest sales per square foot in the US pet supply industry. As CEO & Co-Founder, I actively managed every aspect of the enterprise.
While living/working in Europe 2000-2005 (Madrid & Stockholm): I conceived, co-founded & sold my interest in “FunTown”, a 30,000 sq ft indoor Extreme Sport & Amusement Center near Stockholm’s airport. Also raised over 3 million euros for a Spanish national pet store roll-out.
I have co-founded, raised substantial capital and/or consulted on several ventures in “e-tailing” (petstore.com), sporting goods & apparel (Boblbee AB Sweden), motion picture technology (Iwerks Entertainment), other. I also worked as a Financial Analyst '84-86 in the Corp Finance and M&A departments at Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Last year I released my latest album, "Brand New Day", for COLORS 2.0, my artist name & creative platform for lots more to come. I composed, arranged, produced, play all keyboards & co-wrote lyrics. Multi-Color Mix of R&B, Latin, Gospel-Funk, Rock, Cinematic, Vocal - all rooted in contemporary jazz...Alongside me are Grammy-Award winning & Top LA studio musicians. Visit ColorsBand.com for more info.
Specialties: Business Development, Sales and marketing, international, retailing, consumer goods and services, Music Composition & Arrangement'
MBA Stanford Business School.
Very excited to embark on my latest business venture: MultiPlay USA, LLC. MultiPlay manufactures, designs and installs a variety of play structures, attractions and equipment for commercial indoor and outdoor playgrounds.
At the time I sold my pet supply retail business to Petco in 1999, “Sammy’s Pet World” generated $6 million annual sales, employed 35 full-time staff and maintained among the highest sales per square foot in the US pet supply industry. As CEO & Co-Founder, I actively managed every aspect of the enterprise.
While living/working in Europe 2000-2005 (Madrid & Stockholm): I conceived, co-founded & sold my interest in “FunTown”, a 30,000 sq ft indoor Extreme Sport & Amusement Center near Stockholm’s airport. Also raised over 3 million euros for a Spanish national pet store roll-out.
I have co-founded, raised substantial capital and/or consulted on several ventures in “e-tailing” (petstore.com), sporting goods & apparel (Boblbee AB Sweden), motion picture technology (Iwerks Entertainment), other. I also worked as a Financial Analyst '84-86 in the Corp Finance and M&A departments at Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Last year I released my latest album, "Brand New Day", for COLORS 2.0, my artist name & creative platform for lots more to come. I composed, arranged, produced, play all keyboards & co-wrote lyrics. Multi-Color Mix of R&B, Latin, Gospel-Funk, Rock, Cinematic, Vocal - all rooted in contemporary jazz...Alongside me are Grammy-Award winning & Top LA studio musicians. Visit ColorsBand.com for more info.
Specialties: Business Development, Sales and marketing, international, retailing, consumer goods and services, Music Composition & Arrangement'
Experience
Managing Director
MultiPlay USA, LLC
MultiPlay USA, LLC is an American / Spanish partnership headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Multiplay’s European headquarters and factory are located in Alicante, Spain. We manufacture, design and install indoor and outdoor playgrounds, slides, trampoline parks, soft contained play structures, Ninja Warrior courses, adventure play circuits, children's climbing walls & volcanoes, water parks, and many other items, equipment and attractions utilized in family & children's entertainment centers.
We also have offices in Porto, Portugal and numerous commercial agents in various countries worldwide including France, Switzerland, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mexico, Caribbean, Central, Brazil, many other. Today we routinely design and install our equipment throughout Europe, North and South America, the Mideast and Africa, thanks to our crew of installers who enable us to work efficiently almost anywhere in the world in record time.
MultiPlay has been in operation in Europe for over 10 years, with over 1000 installations on 4 continents. VERY excited to now offer our Top quality and Affordable products and services here in the US and North America!
We are keenly aware that MultiPlay competes with other manufacturers of playgrounds throughout North America. However, we humbly but confidently maintain that MultiPlay USA offers clearly-superior value when compared to our American and Canadian competitors, as well those US importers and Chinese exporters of playground equipment manufactured in China.
We also have offices in Porto, Portugal and numerous commercial agents in various countries worldwide including France, Switzerland, Italy, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mexico, Caribbean, Central, Brazil, many other. Today we routinely design and install our equipment throughout Europe, North and South America, the Mideast and Africa, thanks to our crew of installers who enable us to work efficiently almost anywhere in the world in record time.
MultiPlay has been in operation in Europe for over 10 years, with over 1000 installations on 4 continents. VERY excited to now offer our Top quality and Affordable products and services here in the US and North America!
We are keenly aware that MultiPlay competes with other manufacturers of playgrounds throughout North America. However, we humbly but confidently maintain that MultiPlay USA offers clearly-superior value when compared to our American and Canadian competitors, as well those US importers and Chinese exporters of playground equipment manufactured in China.
Producer, Composer, Keyboardist
COLORS 2.0
COLORS 2.0 serves as the creative platform for Brian's growing catalog of original material as well as for contributions from close and extremely talented musical friends.
Organizations
Projects
COLORS 2.0
Revival of a GREAT Band, "Colors" that I co-founded 20 years ago. Uplifting, Multi-COLOR Mix of R&B, Latin, Funk, Rock, Cinematic, Gospel & Vocals - all rooted in Contemporary Jazz. Unforgettable Melodies and Rock Solid Grooves. Performed by Grammy Award-Winning and TOP LA Studio Musicians. www.ColorsBand.com
Skills
Top Skills
Brian also knows about...
Languages
English
Native or bilingual proficiencySpanish
Professional working proficiencySwedish
Limited working proficiency
Additional Info
Interests
- * Performed on same bill as Spyro Gyra,
- Lee Ritenour,
- Dave Brubeck,
- Manhattan Transfer,
- Freddie Hubbard,
- George Shearing,
- Curtis Mayfield,
- Keiko Matsui,
- Ronnie Laws,
- and many other notable artists. * Recipient,
- First Annual Concord Pavilion "Dave Brubeck Award" for Original Jazz Composition & Performance. * Performed at the Monterey & Concord Jazz Festivals * Paid my way through college performing as the Musical Director / Pianist in over 500 performances of the British Comedy Revue: “Beyond the Fringe” at San Francisco’s “The Boarding House” and other venues.
Publications
BRAND NEW DAY
(Music Video Edit)
February 4, 2015
Latest Music Video I released. Composed, Arranged, Produced, co-wrote lyrics, Play All Keys for Audio Track. Produced and created Music Video, play all keys in video.
Brian Sherman
Managing Director at MultiPlay USA, LLC