Edward Rerisi

CEO

New York, New York, United States25 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led company growth from startup to global player.
  • Achieved 6x revenue growth without external funding.
  • Established key business functions from scratch.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Market Research and Financial Strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyFinancial Planning

Other Skills

Financial ManagementTeam LeadershipProcess EfficiencyCultural DevelopmentMarket ExpansionTeam ManagementRevenue GenerationFinancial StrategyMarket ResearchCompetitive AnalysisStrategyCompetitive IntelligenceMarket AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsStrategic Planning

About

Seasoned operator and general manager with an engineering degree, an MBA and extensive hands-on leadership experience. Ability to lead across multiple business functions, create functions from scratch and establish lasting processes for sustainable growth within emerging businesses. Tackled countless problems within both young and mature operating environments. Capable of recruiting, leading and mentoring teams; negotiating with clients, vendors, landlords and financing partners and; manage businesses for profitability and growth. • Expand from US into multiple global markets • Accelerate growth with new product/service lines that generate predictable, recurring revenue. • Analyze, raise funding for, acquire and integrate acquisition candidates • Establish functions from scratch–Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR • Present clear picture of businesses’ health by building rigorous quant models, budgets, and KPIs • Create order out of chaos and enable rational decision-making with data-driven reporting and analyses • Equally adept at managing people and operations. Treat employees and clients with respect and appreciation of diverse perspectives.

Experience

25 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Abi research

4 roles

Adviser & Acting CFO

Apr 2026Apr 2026 · 0 mo

Chief Operating Officer

Promoted

Feb 2006Mar 2026 · 20 yrs 1 mo

  • Played key roles in growing from a quasi-startup into a global player, holding its own against far larger competitors, nearly all of whom are public or externally financed. Grew revenue 6x with no debt or outside funding.
  • Built systems—financial, HR, CRM, PM—to ensure orderly expansion from ten to 100 employees and one US to eight global offices, dispersed across multiple time zones. Relentlessly focus on process efficiencies while also building culture of mutual respect and engagement, both among colleagues and with clients.
  • Currently member of three-person executive team reporting to founder/owner. Manage direct reports across Accounting, HR, Client Relations, and Custom Research functions. When company was much smaller, also managed Sales, Marketing, IT and Research teams.
  • ABI Research provides strategic guidance for visionaries needing market foresight on the most compelling transformative technologies, which reshape workforces, identify holes in a market, create new business models and drive new revenue streams. ABI’s own research visionaries take stances early on those technologies, publishing groundbreaking studies often years ahead of other technology advisory firms.
Financial ManagementTeam LeadershipProcess EfficiencyCultural DevelopmentBusiness StrategyFinancial Planning

Vice President, Research

Promoted

Dec 2003Jan 2006 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Ensured ABI’s ongoing financial health by initiating annual subscriptions, its first recurring revenue stream, now generating the vast majority of total sales. Managed, mentored and coached the research team during the company’s transition

Senior Analyst

Feb 2002Dec 2002 · 10 mos · Oyster Bay, NY

  • Authored research on various wireless technologies. Produced detailed, comprehensive market forecasts. Advised clients and the media about future technologies

Independent consultant

Independent Consultant

Jun 2001Feb 2002 · 8 mos

  • Provided management and technical/IT consulting services to a $50 million construction management firm.

Dayton t. brown, inc.

Project Engineer

Jan 1998Jan 1999 · 1 yr · Bohemia, NY

  • Managed a team of 10 hardware and software engineers for a $1 million pilot program with the US Navy to demonstrate the effectiveness of a predictive maintenance system.

C.r. cushing & co.

Naval Architect

Jan 1996Jan 1997 · 1 yr · New York, NY

  • Performed various engineering services in support of vessel owners. Maintained the company’s computer network including all server and desktop support.

Education

Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

MBA

Jan 1999Jan 2001

Webb Institute

BS — Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Jan 1992Jan 1996

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