Mr. Smernoff joined RCG in April 2025 and currently serves as its Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Mr. Smernoff serves on the Executive Team and is responsible for overseeing the finance and accounting functions at RCG.
Prior to joining RCG, Mr. Smernoff served as the Chief Financial Officer for ten (10) years at Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD). Mr. Smernoff was also previously employed at City Storage Systems, The Yucaipa Companies, KPMG, Wells Fargo Securities and Ernst & Young. Over the course of his career, Mr. Smernoff has dealt with complex mergers and acquisitions and helped build high-performing finance teams with an expertise in strategy development and execution, capital markets, REITs and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Smernoff graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelors in Business Economics and earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mr. Smernoff is a Certified Public Accountant.