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Introduction
This website facilitates the distribution of information related to projects and companies sponsored by, or affiliated with,  Wally Barker, as well as excerpt from interesting or important research being conducted.  It is a portal so to speak.

Consulting: Business, Finance & Economic

  • Consulting CFO Services.    Mr. Barker is an experienced senior executive available to work anywhere in the world on a contract basis.  US Citizenship; currently based in Asia.  Forte is transitional senior management or advisor in the M&A setting and/or difficult restructuring project.    Mr. Barker's background includes CFO, President and acting CEO of a overseas subsidiary of large US public company; acquisition integration consulting on international transactions; the CFO and acting president of a small San Diego based gaming and US military contractor; Manager of Mergers and Acquisitions for Ernst and Young;  Audit Manager with Deloitte and Touche; as well as employment with investment banks Merrill Lynch and Shearson, Lehman, Hutton.  Mr. Barker first job out of college was working in oil and gas exploration and production for Schlumberger, the industry leading oil field service company.  Formal education includes MBA from University of California, an MS in Engineering from the University of Alaska, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington.   Industry experience is diverse.   <internal link>

  • M&A Due Diligence, Buy-side Advisory, Investor Representation   "not an expert... but did stay at a Holiday Inn Express"  (joke).  Standard M&A Advisory.  Current focus and interest is Japanese companies and energy industry.    <internal link>

  • Wally Barker, Global Research.  "If information were the key to success, librarians would be a lot wealthier"  WB. (not a joke)  Anyway, plans are for the first sections of the 2008 Global Energy Review to be available mid to late June and are based on the BP statistical data set through year end 2007 and all other relevant data through time of publishing.    Other research as available but will go dark for most of May.  See <internal link>

 

  
 

Investment
  • Kaizoku Gōdō Kaisha  (合同会社),    Japanese investment "partnership" organized under the Company act of 2005, effective May 1, 2006.  Membership is restricted; liability generally limited.  Important Notice: Japan's Ministry of Finance has still not yet adopted pass-through regulations, currently taxed as a K.K.  Please read additional disclosures.     See <restricted external link
 

Observation of the Day - "Farm to Fork" Metrics & Self Sufficiency

The scarcity of food concept is a lot more creepy to me than scarcity of oil, as I like eating more than driving! (joke).  Turns out there is a metric – “farm to fork” and it is a measure of the distance from the farm to where it is consumed.  In the USA, the average is 1,400 miles and getting larger.  The trend is both energy and "carbon intensive, not to mention risky from a long long tem perspective, as food self sufficiency may become an important resource issue.  Here in Japan.  As Japan imports 90 percent of the wheat it consumes and, with the rising price of wheat, is attempting to replace 20% of the wheat consuming by using rice flour as a substitute.   Japan's self-sufficiency in food was 39 percent in the year to March 2007, falling below 40 percent for the first time in 13 years due to poor weather and declining consumption of rice, according to the latest official data.

Agricultural, Agri-Tourism & Recreation

The following is a list of businesses and organizations owned or sponsored by Mr. Barker that are intended to promote sustainable active, outdoor, rural or artistic lifestyles.

  • The Joshua Tree Ranch is a 40 acre agricultural and agri-tourism project in Joshua Tree, California.  The Ranch which includes a "horse stable", "riding trails" and "equestrian facilities".   Located just outside the main entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.  Operating since 2001.  See www.JoshuaTreeRanch.Com

  • Quail Springs Farm is a 20 acre community and experimental farm (and gardens) in Joshua Tree California.  Located adjacent to the Joshua Tree Ranch, just outside the main entrance to Joshua Tree National Park.    Project is still in its infancy.  See www.QuailSpringsFarm.Com. 

  • Joshua Tree Climbers' Ranch is low cost climber's campground located in Joshua Tree, California, that is operated by local climbers with the assistance of the American Alpine Club.  In the parlance of our times, "rather ghetto".  www.ClimbersRanch.Com  

  • Right-2-Ride  Activist conservation and outdoors recreation organization for preserving historical recreational livestock access to, and rights-of-way through, public lands.  Sponsored by the Joshua Tree Ranch and other concerned equestrian groups.     See www.Right-2-Ride.Com

  • Rock Climbing Guides International  Rock climbing school that operated from 2002 through 2005..  Based on leveraging national marketing and affiliation geared to specific demographic group.  The main school trained guides and operated in Joshua Tree National Park from 2002 through 2005.  Business was unable "to scale".  Brands, service marks, and web presence included RockClimbingGuides.Com, GayClimb.Com, WomenClimb.Com.
 

Other

  • Modern Japanese History.  I personally believe that a person (or people) can not understand the present without a critical understanding the past.  Furthermore, I also believe people (or a society) can not progress in meaningful way with an accurate understanding the present.   Finally, to accomplish this seemingly simply task, one must also make the critical distinction between "what happened"  and "why it happened".  As an individual concerned about many of the critical problems facing Japan, I believe the solutions can only come from a critical understanding of the past.  These problems include a) the need to resolve ill will and tension with China and Korean stemming from WWII, b) the need for Japan to increase it's image as an important regional contributor and overcome the perception that it is but a proxy for powerful western interest, and c) the need to partner with Russia and China in joint oil and gas development area within area of disputed claims.  Hence, I believe the subject to be of great importance.  Hence, I believe the subject to be of great importance.   Modern Japanese History  by Wally Barker

  • Kobe.  A brief description of Kobe Japan.  Kobe

  • US Pacific Island Influence .  A brief description of US influence in the Pacific, including US territories of Guam, as a primer for regional investment decisions.  Pacific Islands

  • Energy Research.   We are not a political "think-tank" although I sometime think we could be.   That said, because I am an American and my country the largest energy consumer, I find it immensely sad that the majority of Americans fail to appreciate the seriousness of their predicament, let alone the reasons for their trouble.  It is my personal opinion is that that America's energy problems (and financial difficulties) will only get worse and worse and worse, until the government does something to address the core problems.  I must be honest in that I do not pay that close attention to the foreign press coverage of the US political situation.  However, what I have heard is embarrasses me and does not give me faith that the current leadership or potential leaders are have any insight to address the problem, let alone solve it.  Global Energy Research

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