Barry Hardy

Current

Director, Communities of Practice & Research Activities at Douglas Connect
Partner, Advisor at Colayer

Past

Head of Software Development at Chemspeed
Managing Director at Virtual Environments International
Project Manager at Oxford Internet Communications Consortium

Business Development Consultant at SkillsPoint
Managing Director at Greenlea Communications
Hitchings-Elion Fellow at Oxford University
National Research Fellow at FDA

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Education

Syracuse University
University College Dublin

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Connections

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Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Websites

Barry Hardy’s Summary

My passions are in the development and application of community and collaboration approaches to accomplishing efffective work and challenging goals, be they in healthcare, R&D, technology deployment, or sustainable development.

With Douglas Connect, I manage the program activities of InnovationWell and eCheminfo, and am active in knowledge management training and consulting.

I am currently leading the Application and Knowledge Assessment Activities for the SYNERGY FP7 ICT project on Knowledge-oriented Collaboration, and serving as Coordinator for the OpenTox FP7 Health project on Predictive Toxicology.

Previously I was Head of Software Development at Chemspeed where my work concentrated on implementing requirements analysis, project management, and software development for new automation solutions for the pharma/chemical sector. I was Managing Director of Virtual Environments International Ltd, UK from 1997-2001 concentrating on the sales and development of Internet technology and solutions for virtual conferencing, communications, e-Learning and e-Business.

In the area of Knowledge Management (KM) I am interested in applying KM strategies and methodologies to enabling productivity and successful outcomes in collaborative-based work.

I obtained my Ph.D. in 1990 from Syracuse University and initially worked in the area of computational chemistry, biophysics and computer-aided molecular modelling and design. I have been working in the area of virtual communications and knowledge management since 1994 and have organised numerous international projects in the area of the chemical, life and medical sciences. I also have developed technology solutions for internet-based conferencing, tutor-supported e-learning, laboratory automation systems and computational chemistry and informatics.

I was a National Research Fellow at the FDA Center for Biologics and Evaluation and a Hitchings-Elion Fellow at Oxford University.

Barry Hardy’s Specialties:

* Communities of Practice and Research
* Collaboration Development and Operation
* Project Management, Business development
* Knowledge Assessment
* Knowledge Management, Communications, Web 2.0, Collaboration Systems, Community support systems
* Requirements analysis, system design, recruitment and team leading
* Application of Modelling and Informatics Methods and Tools (Life Science/Pharma sector), Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, ELNs
* Predictive Toxicology
* Drug Safety KM

Barry Hardy’s Experience

Director, Communities of Practice & Research Activities

Douglas Connect

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)

- Developing new collaboration and community projects in the life science, pharma, chemistry and medical sectors; emerging practice and service development
- Business Development, Partnership management, Program development, Project Management
- Developing and Coordinating R&D projects
- Coordinator of FP7 OpenTox Predictive Toxicology Project www.opentox.org
Partner, Advisor

Colayer

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)

- Advisor on Business and Product Development for Community- and Team-based virtual collaboration and co-working environments
- Requirements specification and Use-Case-based Testing of software development
Head of Software Development

Chemspeed

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

May 2003 — December 2003 (8 months)

- Establishment of new software development processes, teams and projects at automation company in Chemical /Pharma sector
- Recruitment, Project management, Systems Analysis, Rational Unified Process implementation, Use Case and Requirements Analysis, Integration strategies and designs; communication with stakeholders
- Negotiation of contracts with suppliers and partners; market analysis and product evaluation
- Placed machine control software on two weekly release planning meeting all major milestones for new product
- Achieved first working version on challenging application software project within 3 months
Managing Director

Virtual Environments International

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1997 — June 2001 (4 years 6 months)

- Founded and directed company; sales of Internet-based product and services
- Developed innovative Internet solutions in Web conferencing, e-Business and e-Learning
- Developed new technologies for interactive publishing and communication (Java, Oracle, XML, HTML)
- Management of Internet software development teams
- Managed Medical, Pharma and Chemical Industry Communications projects
Project Manager

Oxford Internet Communications Consortium

(Partnership; 51-200 employees; E-Learning industry)

January 1999 — December 2000 (2 years )

- Ran joint technology and e-learning projects involving Internet technology companies and the public sector
- Managed EU funding and reporting, partnership coordination, solution development, and project managed Internet Skills Training of employees at 50 Companies with a successful solution delivery within six months
- Project managed development of innovative National Vocational Qualification support system working with local Further Education college handling change management for staff, learner support and project delivery and evaluation
Business Development Consultant

SkillsPoint

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

April 1999 — April 2000 (1 year 1 month)

- Consultant for launch of SkillsPoint US-based e-procurement business in the UK
- Managed training provider funnel creation obtaining critical reseller agreements with corporate IT training providers (Oracle, HP, Sun)
- Presented SkillsPoint business model at eBusiness 2000
Managing Director

Greenlea Communications

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 1996 — January 1997 (1 year 1 month)

- Founded and launched Internet-based virtual conferencing business which was profitable in first year
- Sold business to Virtual Environments International at end of first year of trading
Hitchings-Elion Fellow

Oxford University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 1994 — January 1996 (2 years 1 month)

- Computer-aided drug design with group of Prof. Graham Richards
- Application of chemical modelling and informatics software
- Development of software for spectroscopic analysis
National Research Fellow

FDA

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

November 1990 — December 1993 (3 years 2 months)

- Modelling and analysis of biophysical systems: membrane structure, dynamics and transport; protein-carbohydrate recognition
- Stochastic Dynamics and Monte Carlo Applications
- Development and application of computational search and statistical analysis methods

Barry Hardy’s Education

Syracuse University

Ph.D. , Computational Chemistry, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering , October 1990

Activities and Societies:

National Parallel Architectures Center Fellow, Research Assistant on Dow Corning/Gas Research Institute project, Teaching Assistant, Graduate Student Organisation Comptroller, Co-founder of Inn Complete Graduate Student Club
University College Dublin

B.E. , Engineering, Chemistry , July 1981

Additional Information

Barry Hardy’s Websites:

Barry Hardy’s Interests:

Internet, e-commerce, communications, knowledge management, communities, conferences, elearning, collaboration environments, Web 2.0, semantic web, computational science, drug design, drug development, informatics, chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive toxicology