About us
Barry W. Smith
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Barry brings over two decades of industry experience across financial services and technology, from start-ups to governmental organizations, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.
Career
Early
From his early days salvaging failed banks, Barry pivoted to help revolutionize capital markets with the advent of electronic trading. At Datek Online’s Watcher Technologies and NYFIX, he pioneered low-latency trading and alternative trading systems that are now responsible for over half of all equity trading volume.
advisory work
Barry founded Carveout Partners, advising global financial giants, enterprises and nimble fintechs alike. One such client, Equinix, recognizing Barry’s unique contributions invited him to on-board to help drive financial services growth. Barry later spearheaded a predictive machine learning “go-to-market” program that catapulted Equinix’s global platform.
track record
With a track record of two private equity exits and scaling the largest multi-tenant data center REIT, Barry has consistently delivered transformative industry changes. Today, he crafts data-driven strategies for global growth in the AI era, leveraging his deep understanding of market trends, customer needs, regulatory landscapes and capital markets with a unique focus on digital infrastructure and data centers.
TESTIMONIALS
George Kledaras
CEO/Successful Entrepreneur
Barry always calmly listens and thinks about a solution to your problems. He is a product of New York and knows that anything can happen here if you know the right people -- and he certainly does.
Jock Percy
General Partner - Lightning Capital
Barry is a trading & technology professional who understands his client base and market. I've enjoyed working with Barry over a number of years.
Jacob Loveless
CEO & Founder - Edgemesh
For the past few years we've worked with Barry in a number of capacities and he has always been someone who we can count on to deliver an insight we missed, or an operational efficiency we can use.
is a strategic consulting and advisory firm specializing in
Digital Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence convergence. Focus areas include: Spin-offs, carve-outs, capital raising and rightsizing firms for the AI-age. Additional services in due diligence, deal structure, valuation modeling, and strategic growth & marketing areas including precision go-to-market organic growth strategies.
Specialties include:
Financial Services & Investment:
- Multi-billion dollar global asset management firms- Infrastructure funds- Exchanges- Broker/Dealers- Private Equity
Technology & Infrastructure:
- Global Data Centers- Global Financial Technology Firms- Global Technology Firms
Real Estate & Development:
- Land developers
- Energy infrastructure owners
Strategic & Corporate:
- Strategic Planning- Corporate Development- Growth- Global Expansion Strategies
Transaction & Asset Management:
- Carve-outs- Spinoffs- Asset Disposition- Asset Monetization
Market & Business Development:
- Market Development- Business Development- Sales & Marketing- Channel Development- Ecosystem Development- AI Ecosystem
Infrastructure & Technology:
- Digital Infrastructure- Data Centers- Predictive Analytics- Automated Go-To-Market- Advanced Segmentation Strategies
Professional Services:
Global consultancies