Current
Position President & CEO of Reef Ball
Development Group, Ltd., Chairman of Reef Ball Foundation, Inc.
Date of Birth 1963
Nationality United
States
Qualifications BA in Business Management
from University of Georgia, MA in International Business and Computers from
University of Georgia/London School of Business
Coral Reef Restoration:
Current
Titles & Positions
President The Reef Breakwater Company,
Ltd. 2004-Present
CEO, Reef Ball Development Group, Ltd.
1993-2004
Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation,
1998-Present
Advisor, Reef Ball Coalition, Inc. 1998-2002
Advisor, Eternal Reefs, Inc. 1998-Present
Advisor, Reef Innovations, Inc.
1995-Present
Intellectual
Properties:
Patent Holder, US Patents 5,836,265 and
5,564,369 Reef Balls
Holder of International Copyrights and
Patents Pending to Reef Balls and related technolgoies
Licensees
and Affiliated Companies:
CORALations, Inc, Puerto Rico
ECOPLAN, Brazil
EMPACA, Dominican Republic
Geothermal Energy Management, Georgia,
USA
Green Marine, Int'l., Australia
Roman Stone Construction Company, NY, USA
Sea Systems, Turks and Caicos Islands
Reef Ball New Zealand
Reef Ball Puerto Rico
ASPO, Spain
Kuwait Reef Ball Company
Sea Search of Virginia
Coastal Reef Builders, Inc, Florida
Marenter, S.A., Mexico
Comsolida S.A. Mexico
Eternal Reefs, Inc.
The Reef Beach Company
Reef Ball Asia, Ltd.
Reef Innovations, Inc.
Conferences
and Workshop Training:
Asexual Coral Propagation Workshop, US
Somoa, 2000
7th CARAH (International Artificial Reef
Conference), San Remo, Italy, 1999
Gulf States Marine Fishery Artificial
Reef Committee Meetings, All 1993-2003
Atlantic States Marine Fishery Artificial
Reef Committee Meetings, All 1993-2002
DEMA Trade Shows and seminars, 1993-2003
NCRI Coral Conference 1998
US Coral Reef Task Force Meetings, 1999,
2000
Florida Artificial Reef Coordinators
Meetings and Training, All 1993-2004
Research
Partners:
Too numerous to list, see website
www.artificialreefs.org Research Resources page
Publications:
Reef
Balls TM:
An advanced technique to mimic natural reef systems using designed artificial
reefs, Printed in Abstracts of the 7th Scientific
Conference on Artificial Reefs and Related Habitats, October, 1999, in San
Remo, Italy.
Reef
Balls TM:
How Combining Designed Reefs with Oil Superstructures used as Artificial Reefs
can help the overall reef system to better mimic natural reef systems.
Accepted
for presention at Gulf of Mexico Fish and
Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research conference October 24-26, 2000 New Orleans.
Previous
Career Summary Prior to Mr. Barber’s involvement in
Artificial Reefs, he served for five years as a management consultant for the
Alexander Group and for Towers, Perrin, Forester and Crosby consulting with the
worlds top firms. Mr. Barber founded and ran a computer consultancy firm for 4
years. He has also worked for IBM.
In addition to his role at Reef Ball, He
also served for 3 years as the Amusement Industry Manufacturer and Suppliers
non-profit trade organization’s Executive Director.
Career
History
1981-1982 Intenational
Business Machines, Marketing
1982-1984 PC
Friend Consultants, President/CEO.
1984-1986 Graduate
Assistant, and teacher at the London School of Business, author of GLOBEX
1986-1990 The
Alexander Group, Inc., Senior Consultant, Sales and Marketing Consulting
1990-1992 Towers
Perrin (AKA Towers, Perrin, Forester & Crosby), Senior Consultant, Sales,
Marketing and Management Consulting.
1992-2004 President
and CEO of the Reef Ball Development Group, Ltd
1996 AIMS
International, Webmaster
1996-1997 AIMS
International, Executive Director
1997-2004
Founder of Reef Ball Foundation a 501
c(3) non-profit company
Other Publications &
Productions:
· Reef Ball Video Brochure ã 1996, 2nd in 1997, 3rd 1998, 4th 1999. 2001 Producer & Editor
· "Total Quality Management and The Sales Goaling Process," Sales Management Bulletin. ã 1993.
· "GLOBEX" and "GLOBEX Executive," Southwestern, ã 1987-1993.
· International Business, Computers, and The Systems Approach. ã 1988.
Hobbies and Interests:
Mr. Barber is an
avid Scuba Diver with over 10,000 dives. Mr. Barber's family has owned a Dive
store since 1979. He has been involved
in the hobby and science of Marine Reef Aquarium Systems and Aquaculture
systems since 1981. Mr. Barber has
extensive boating experience with over 800 sea days. Mr. Barber has traveled to over 50 countries. Mr. Barber lives in Sarasota, Florida
adjacent to Sarasota Bay.
Additional Information:
For more, and
extensive information on Mr. Barber and his companies, please see the website
www.artificialreefs.org and follow any of the links to companies or information
desired.