Derrick W. Reagins - Director

Mr. Reagins is a Director at Barrier Advisors, Inc. He has 15 years of industry experience in information technology, investment banking and private equity. Mr. Reagins has a broad background in mergers and acquisitions, corporate business development, strategic marketing and technology.

Prior to joining our firm Mr. Reagins provided growth advisory services to middle-market companies in the technology, consumer products and manufacturing industries through acquisition, capital raising and operational strategies. Prior to this Mr. Reagins worked with Texas Instruments in the mobile device processor group where he led the P&L planning and developed the global marketing strategies for emerging technologies. Additionally, Mr. Reagins was an integral member of the Business Objects’ (now SAP) corporate business development team, where he developed and executed corporate strategy through M&A, intellectual property management, equity investments and strategic alliance activities. He also identified, evaluated and invested in early‐, mid‐ and late‐stage private equity investments throughout Western Europe for the Paris, France-based Partech International. Mr. Reagins has diverse operational experience ranging from business development and product management activities in Asia, to the management of a software development team in France.

Mr. Reagins holds an M.B.A. with specialization in M&A and Intellectual Property Management from the University of California at Berkeley, two M.S.E.E. degrees from Georgia Tech and Ecole Supérieure de l’Electricité, and a B.S.E.E. from Purdue University. Mr. Reagins is fluent in French.

PROFESSIONALS

Investment Banking - Corporate Finance - Restructuring - Corporate Performance