Larry Cohn

Experienced in creating businesses focused on implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Cohn has spent over twenty-five years helping organizations integrate varied systems and enable seamless transactions and production. He holds a B.A. degree in Business from Claremont Men's College and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

Cohn worked for IBM for thirteen years before starting his own business—four years as an engineer and then moving into sales. As a sales executive, he exceeded his sales objective every year.

Cohn built extensive experience in high technology, with a focus on creating businesses centered on implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems with a high degree of customer satisfaction. ERP is a cross-functional enterprise system driven by an integrated suite of software modules that supports the basic internal business processes of a company. ERP gives a company an integrated real-time view of its core business processes such as production, order processing, and inventory management, tied together by ERP applications software and a common database maintained by a database management system. ERP systems track business resources (such as cash, raw materials, and production capacity) and the status of commitments made by the business (such as customer orders, purchase orders, and employee payroll), no matter which department (manufacturing, purchasing, sales, accounting, and so on) entered the data into the system. ERP facilitates information flow between all business functions inside the organization, and manages connections to outside stakeholders.

He founded Streamline Systems in 1994, supporting the Rocky Mountain Region, and served as its Managing Director. In 1996, Streamline Systems was involved in a joint venture with Paul & Jan Baan to build a national privately owned Baan software reseller, Baan Business Systems MidAmerica. Within three years, this company became the #1 Baan reseller in the U.S., selling over $13 million in software and generating over $25M in total revenues. The company focused on the "machine building industry" and used experts in manufacturing and finance to successfully understand and implement customer processes in the Baan ERP system.

Cohn subsequently focused on migrating this industry solution onto the Microsoft Axapta platform. He has noted, "We have seen more growth in the ETO (engineer-to-order) segment than any other. We have assembled a team of ETO experts unlike any other Microsoft Gold Partner." Headquartered in Colorado, Streamline Systems followed a focused business strategy and proven approach when working with clients. The company maintained a single focus: improving the businesses of industrial equipment manufacturers, with the motto of making manufacturers more competitive since 1994.

Providing business management solutions and business process improvements, Streamline Systems' team of experts focused exclusively on state-of-the-art technology to help equipment manufacturers become more efficient and competitive. Utilizing the robust functionality of Microsoft Dynamics AX—an integrated end-to-end business management solution—Streamline helped clients gain market share and operate more efficiently and profitably. Sikich acquired Streamline in 2012, and Cohn became Partner of Vertical Industries. His team brought a deep bench of manufacturing experience to the Sikich Technology group.