Barry E.

Skills

Program & Project Management
Business Transformation & Change Management
Fintech Product Management
Technology Implementation
Capital Markets Consulting
Financial Analysis & Modeling
Capital Optimization
Asset Valuation
Investment Performance Analysis
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Target Operating Model Design & Execution
Process Improvement
Data Analytics & Visualization
Governance & Program Reporting
Investment Management
Management Consulting
Derivatives
Stakeholder Management
Resource Management

About

Business transformation and management consulting leader with more than twenty years’ experience helping banking, investment management and private equity firms successfully manage complex strategic, technological and regulatory change initiatives across all functions front-to-back through end-to-end project/program management, process improvement, business analysis and delivery capabilities. Ability to combine deep domain experience with significant finance knowledge, business management expertise and technological competence (including machine learning/AI and blockchain/DLT).

Qualifications Overview:
- Extensive experience managing complex business transformation and technology development and implementation initiatives at financial services companies across all functions front-to-back, on both buyside and sell-side segments of the industry.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams and orchestrate numerous concurrent multi-stakeholder projects from inception and scoping to analysis and execution to post-implementation transition and support.
- Proven expertise in program and project management best practices honed through 20+ years of experience with leading firms.
- Comprehensive understanding of finance fundamentals, bolstered by firsthand experience in front-office roles on both the buy-side and sell-side, coupled with a deep knowledge of industry regulations.
- Exceptional communication skills with a knack for interfacing with senior leadership and thriving in high-pressure environments.
- Knowledge of blockchain/distributed ledger technology and de-centralized finance and its various applications to financial services businesses, an awareness of players in the industry and direct experience managing crypto assets.
- Understand the fundamentals of AI, machine learning and neural networks through self-guided courses and reading seminal pieces of literature on the subject, including “The Coming Wave”, “What is Chat GPT Doing”, and the now famous research paper “Attention is All You Need”.

Additionally, I have experience investing in and advising high-potential startup ventures. With a deep understanding of the venture investing process and the startup lifecycle, I have invested in, and advised, numerous early-stage companies across various industries. My expertise encompasses financial modeling, fundraising, business operations and identifying value-enhancing opportunities.