Barry is an Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Up until 2019 he was working in medical physics and clinical engineering and held the position as Head of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at Tallaght University Hospital. More recently, and with a strong background in invention and innovation in medical devices, he started his own consulting company Electric Mindset Ltd, supporting organisations to develop a strategic approach to innovation. Barry holds an M.Sc. in physical sciences in medicine from Trinity College Dublin and a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from Aalborg University in Denmark. From 2012 to 2017 he was the Director of the Innovation Academy at Trinity College Dublin. He is a qualified facilitator in Lego Serious Play and has training in agile and design thinking. Currently Barry is working with the Children’s Health Ireland project as Innovation Practice Lead, part of which involves the design and build of a National Children’s Hospital for Ireland, the largest single capital project ever by the Irish State.

Barry has advised many organisations in Healthcare and Academia on upskilling for innovation in the U.S.A., Malaysia, Brazil, China, Denmark and Spain. In 2016 he was awarded a Distinguished Visiting Scholarship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his work in Healthcare Innovation.