Mark L. Barry brings to client engagements a diverse 25 years of business advisory, management consulting, and operator experience. A strategic business advisor, Mark has delivered successfully in several arenas, including e-commerce, technology, non-profit, manufacturing, healthcare, legal, insurance, financial services, property management, automotive, and media. He oversees Lodestar's efforts in the areas of strategy, operational improvement, acquisition development, risk management, and leadership development.
Previously, Mark was a Consulting Principal at MDT Tek, LLC where he led the company’s IT Financial Management & Controls practice. Consulting extensively in the Fortune 15, he developed financial controls processes and provided expertise in the areas of financial recovery, budget turnaround, vendor management, and resource forecasting. Mark also served as Consulting Partner at CSL, Inc. (acquired by MDT), providing finance professional services to the healthcare industry. Prior to that, he delivered complex and high-risk IT security and transformation programs in the retail pharmacy and medical clinic spaces and held senior management positions (business, editorial board) with several leading print and digital media companies, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. Mark is also Co-founder of FieldOwler, LLC, a software company that enables businesses that utilize independent contractors the ability to make informed and holistic worker classification decisions. He is the author of the leader-building guidebook Ten Guidelines for Making Our Leaner Team a Meaner One and The Shiny Penny, a children's picture book that provides financial literacy to children in Pre-K through Grade 2. A graduate of the UConn School of Business, Mark received a MA in Economics from Trinity College and later studied entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics |
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