BARRY TUCHFELD, Ph.D.

i am committed to working with people who want to make a difference, with teams that are results oriented, and with individuals and organizations wanting to lead.

• Principal and co-founder of 14 year old organizational consulting firm.
• Advanced skills in organizational consulting, marketing strategy & research, organizational communications, online learning, and e-commerce.
• Accomplished in facilitating teams, coaching for leadership and executive skill development.
• Developed, operated, & sold the Health Information Network (1991-96).
• Teaches Aikido and provides conflict resolution workshops

Barry moved to Sarasota 2 years ago from Santa Rosa, CA. He did his graduate work in Sociology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and also has an undergraduate degree in Finance. Barry's current work focuses on business and leadership development with companies wishing to expand their scope and profitability. He is the founder and principal of the Sarasota-based consulting firm, The BT Group.

In Sarasota he and his colleagues are working with Photo-Tech to enhance their infrastructure and provide marketing research to support significant business expansion. Barry also serves as the Research Coordinator for the Future of Work Consortium, working with Fortune 100 clients and select communities to identify trends and needs of distributed workers who are just as likely to work from a coffee shop as a home office.

His business experience includes having started and sold a medical information business before the Internet had even come online, then serving as a VP, Marketing and Communications for a “.com” in the blazing days of the Web. Barry also teaches the martial art of Aikido in Sarasota and holds the rank of Nidon (2nd degree Black Belt) in Aikido (www.aikidosarasota.com ) and conducts leadership and communication seminars using principles from Aikido.

He also worked at the Research Triangle Institute in N.C. where he participated in the early promotion of the Research Triangle Park. The Park was one of the first pollution-free research parks in the U.S. RTI, a collaborative venture of UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and NC State, was the first resident of the Park. From there he became an associate professor with Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, while developing an applied research center and watching the DFW Metroplex unfold. He also was the Research Director for a private psychiatric hospital in Baltimore.

He has consulted for over 30 years with multinational corporations, small businesses, government, and nonprofit groups. He has also directed local, regional, and national applied research projects. His clients include Levi Straus & Co., The Apollo Group (parent of the University of Phoenix), Agilent Corporation, Herman-Miller Corporation, and the Life Learning Center of St. Joseph’s Hospital System in California. In addition to his consulting practice, he is an adjunct professor with the University of San Francisco and Argosy University - Sarasota.