Barry is a distinguished military and business leader. As a former Green Beret, Barry brings unparalleled real-world leadership experience from some of the world's most challenging operational environments. His military career spanned critical global operations, including Operation Enduring Freedom, where he served as part of elite Special Forces units conducting high-stakes missions that demanded exceptional leadership under extreme pressure. His Special Forces experience encompasses unconventional warfare, strategic planning, and leading diverse teams in life-and-death situations, providing the authentic backbone for Peak Teams' adventure-based leadership.

 

Following his military service, Barry translated his leadership expertise into extraordinary corporate success, consistently building and scaling high-performing teams at leading technology companies including Red Hat, HP, Hortonworks, Alfresco, HackerOne, and Mattermost.

 

This battle-tested and boardroom-proven leader understands both the life-and-death decision-making of military operations and the high-stakes pressure of corporate leadership. He has personally experienced leading teams through uncertainty, building trust across cultures, and achieving the impossible—lessons that now benefit corporate leaders worldwide.

 

Barry is an avid alpine mountaineer, snow skier, skydiver, and scuba diver who doesn't just teach adventure-based leadership—he lives it. He has personally led transformational experiential leadership programs to challenging environments, including Mt. Rainier in the United States and Mt. Toubkal in Morocco, bringing authentic high-altitude leadership experience to corporate development programs.

 

Barry's partnership with Peak Teams represents a natural evolution of his passion for developing leaders who can perform under pressure, navigate uncertainty, and inspire teams to achieve seemingly impossible goals. His unique combination of combat leadership, Silicon Valley success, and authentic adventure experience provides the foundation that makes Peak Teams' learning experiences genuinely transformational.

 

Today, Barry's authentic leadership experience serves clients globally, translating hard-won lessons from military operations, corporate transformations, and mountain expeditions into practical tools for business success. The result is leadership development that creates leaders truly prepared for the challenges of our rapidly changing world.