The first website Barry ever created was for an Addison, Michigan based chiropractor at the tender age of 17. It was hand-drawn and coded in TextEdit on a Mac Quadra 700. The project put $250 in his wallet and yielded the promise of a bright new career in an industry that was being born.

Fast forward 16 years and he is still providing the same service: creating effective communications in new places. Professionally, over the past 10 years he has worked with many great people and agencies in Toronto, London, Paris, and Tokyo producing award winning work for clients such as Cadillac, Dell, British Army, Virgin, Galaxy Chocolate, Mac's Convenience, Honda, Subaru, Baileys and Buick.

Outside of advertising Barry is a proficient bicycle mechanic and avid rider, ex-ski patroller, certified fire fighter, snowboarder, guitar player and traveller.

“As a startup owner, Barry knew my business and brand needs before we signed a contract for him to design our online magazine. I was sold at our very first conversation together when he exuded such enthusiasm and vision over our product. What impressed me most about Barry is we didn't have to go through rounds and rounds of major revisions to the brand work and the website design. He pretty much nailed it right off the bat, and was an inspiring and informed team player through and through. I highly recommend Barry, and his company, The Cool Kids Union for your design and branding needs.”
- Mana Chammas, CEO, The Genteel

"Barry pushes, pushes, then pushes some more. He is intelligent, interesting, exciting and determined to get the very best out of every project he works on. With his combination of technical expertise and innate design talent he always produced challenging and innovative concepts. His natural enthusiasm and charm allow him to always over deliver in both creativity and technology. Barry was a pleasure to work with and I was very sad to lose him from my team. You won’t be disappointed if you work with Barry."
- Dick Dunford, Executive Creative Director, Tequila & Agency.com London

"Barry joined our team as we were setting up a new office, in a new country - you would thought he had been with the company for years if you witnessed his dedication and passion. Barry worked hard to create a team (through interviewing and recruiting), to set up new work flows and win over a client with his great ideas. Creatively - I always welcomed Barry to any brainstorm as you were guaranteed to get brand new ideas and get a contagious energy that translated to a great project solution.”
- Amanda Johnston, Account Director, Critical Mass

“I had the good fortune of working alongside Barry for just over 6 months. During that time Barry consistently pushed the creative bar – even on projects that didn’t call for it. He viewed every brief as an opportunity to do something truly unique - which inspired us all. I was particularly amazed at how Barry was able to seamlessly marry creative ideas with technology. On a personal level, Barry is very likable, easy to get to know and a whole lot of fun. Any agency would be lucky to have him join their team.”
- David Horovitch, Associate Creative Director, Tribal DDB

“Barry gets things done. Knowledgeable, efficient and frighteningly resourceful, he's seen enough to know, and always pushes for more. Barry is like a highly trained military operative - left with nothing more than a design brief and a Mac, he'll complete his mission objective in under 72 hours and still have time to save the president.”
- Graham Huber, Designer, Bos Advertising