Barry was appointed to lead the newly formed Mobile Commerce Solutions business unit of First Data in January, 2008.  Barry has responsibility for commercializing all First Data assets globally, for use in mobile commerce.  In this role, Barry and his team work closely with a variety of industry partners from the largest wireless carriers to young start-ups, financial institutions, technology providers and terminal manufacturers.

Previously, Barry led Global Product and Business Development for First Data, and earlier led product development for the Commercial Services business unit. Prior to joining First Data, Barry was vice president and general manager of VeriSign’s Internet Payments & Risk Management business unit, a NASDAQ 100 technology company. Before VeriSign, Barry co-founded and later sold MagnaCash, a Silicon Valley micro-payments company that is currently owned by Digital River (NASDAQ:  DRV).  Previously serving Wells Fargo (NYSE:  WFC) as vice president and general manager of the ATM business, Barry had P&L responsibility for $110 billion in annual transaction volume and 14 million active ATM cards. Barry started his career at Procter and Gamble (NYSE:  PG) where he spent 12 years in roles of increasing responsibility, first in sales and sales management, and later in customer marketing and brand management.  Barry earned a master of business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois – Urbana.