Harold A. Schifman

Biography

Harold Schifman has spent the majority of his professional life in either the consulting arena or serving as CEO/COO for a variety of companies across many industries. After selling his last company to a Forbes 400 family, he took the interim position of COO of SHR Perceptual Management, an internationally recognized brand development firm, prior to forming Delta Source Group, a private equity firm, and subsequently Crossroads Executive Forums. Leveraging deep ties within the Arizona business community and a trusted partnership orientation founded on parallel interest, Crossroads Executive Forums provides small and mid-sized businesses access to the leadership, strategy, management, and capital necessary to further their personal and professional objectives. Schifman was founder and CEO of the Ibis Company from 1969 to 1985. The Ibis Company, a Kansas City\Boston based consulting firm consisting of 26 professionals provided strategy, marketing, and business planning services to Fortune 500 companies. Schifman moved to Tucson in 1985 and for two years led venture capital interest as the managing partner responsible for the acquisition, operation and the sale of a fast food franchise, a Chrysler automobile dealership, a construction and material distributor, a telecommunication company, and various real estate projects. From 1987 to November 1999, Schifman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Larson Company, a global leader in the design and building of naturalistic and themed environments for both the commercial and institutional markets. Schifman purchased the company of 25 employees producing $3 million dollars in sales in 1987 and grew the enterprise to 450 employee’s worldwide reaching volumes in excess of $45 million dollars. For over a decade Schifman served on the boards of the University of Arizona’s College of Business and Public Administration and the College of Medicine, Sarver Heart Center. Additionally, Schifman is an honorary fellow of the Karl Eller Graduate School of Management and founder of Crossroads Executive Forums. A sample of current local Arizona fiduciary and advisory boards include: Unicon, World Communications Center, CRESA Partners, Health II, Beck Group, Empro, Techniquex, and NESCO.

Research Interest

Accounting Economics Banking commerce