CIO Symposium Contributor

Bio

Barnard is President and CEO of Datatel Communications, one of North Americas leading providers of IVR (Interactive Voice Response) applications and services, with a focus in marketing and sales automation applications. With more than 15 years of industry experience, Barnard has helped hundreds of organizations execute their outsourced IVR strategy, and acted as an adviser to dozens of fortune 500 companies and technology start-ups. In 2008, Barnard founded the Marketing Executive Group, a global professional networking group homed at LinkedIn, with over 11,500 members and growing by 1000 new members a month. The MEG mission is to deliver value by providing access to resources, engagement, interaction, and idea generation to help marketing executives drive results.