William J. Barr Biography William J. Barr is founder and CEO of William Barr Consulting. In his more than 28 years as a leading technologist and business strategist, he has become known for his ability to synthesize and articulate key issues. His broad business and technical knowledge as well as experience make him especially valuable in situations where the technology envelope is being pushed for an organization. He has significant experience in the financial services industry relative to information security, the architecture of infrastructure systems, both wireline and wireless, and smart cards.

During the past decade, Bill has been focused on developing business and technology strategies for the financial services industry. While at Bellcore, he formed the first research collaboration between Bellcore and a financial institution and continued to manage that relationship. One outcome of this relationship was the formation of the Smart Card Forum. When, in 1995, Bellcore was given approval by its owners to provide services for non-owner companies, Bill became responsible for Bellcore's activities in the non Telecom space. Over the period 1995-2000, this business grew to an over $65M per year business. At his retirement from Telcordia Technologies, the successor company to Bellcore, in July, 2001, Bill was responsible for Telcordia's activities in the Financial Services industry. During 1997-8 Bill served as Acting Senior Director for security and risk management at BITS.

During the period 1971 - 1992, Bill enjoyed a distinguished career as a leading developer and architect for distributed systems. During 1979-1986 he was the chief software architect and a development supervisor for the one of the first and largest distributed systems developed by Bell Labs. In 1986 he became chief software architect for Bellcore's Software Systems where he led the definition of the OSCA (OSCA is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies) Architecture, which was later recognized as the first three-tier client server architecture. In 1988, he took a similar position in Bellcore's Network Systems where he was tasked with introducing distributed systems technology into the systems that run and manage telephone networks. This work resulted in the creation of the INA architecture. This was taken into the international standards arena and resulted in the creation of the TINA Consortium to further develop the architecture. The TINA architecture has become the basis for major network projects worldwide including.

Bill continued his involvement in advanced technology through his membership in the Management Committee of the ANSA Project based in Cambridge, UK, his leadership and role in the Advisory Council of the FSTC, his leadership in the Smart Card Forum where he was a founder and served in a number of capacities including Chairman of the Board from 1997 - 1999 and in numerous other professional capacities. He is co-author and co-editor with Catherine Allen, CEO of BITS, of the book Smart Cards, Seizing Strategic Business Opportunities. Bill has made many press appearances including live TV on CNBC's Power Lunch program. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars around the world.

William J. Barr retired from Telcordia Technologies on July 9, 2001.