Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 25, 2000
JOEL M. BARRY has been Chairman of the Board of Electronic Clearing
House, Inc. (ECHO) since December 26, 1986 and a Director since July 8,
1986. Mr. Barry served as Chief Financial Officer from May 1, 1987 to
June 9, 1990 and as Executive Vice President from October 12, 1987 to
June 9, 1990, when he was designated Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Barry
is also a Director and CEO of the NCCR and CBC subsidiaries. Since
August of 1981, Mr. Barry had been a Lecturer and Investment Counselor
regarding investment partnerships. He was the Founder and President of
Basic Financial Planning & Investments, Inc. (Basics), a financial
management firm formed in August 1983 and dissolved in June 1991. Basics
is the successor to Dynamic Seminars, a firm founded by Mr. Barry in
August 1981. From 1974 to 1981, Mr. Barry worked in various management
positions at Science Dynamics Corporation, a medical data transaction
processing company, and from 1972 to 1974 he owned and operated a gospel
recording company. Mr. Barry attended Oklahoma State University from
1968 to 1970, majoring in Accounting, and Ozark Bible College from 1970
to 1971, majoring in Music. Profile
Electronic Clearing House?
Mr. Barry: Electronic Clearing House started as a credit card processor
in 1982. In the early 1990s,
