Jeff is the President of Barkley Consulting Group, a Management Consulting Firm that combines real-world experience with thought leadership to bring transformative solutions to organizations. Jeff is a creative and innovative thinker who utilizes Design Thinking concepts to help organizations embrace empathy, inspire creativity, and encourage experimentation to help meet the unmet needs of their customers and foster a culture of innovation within their companies.  

Jeff is a Global Technology Executive with over 35 years' experience, combining solid industry knowledge with strong business acumen to drive transformational growth and create competitive advantage in the marketplace.  He has a successful track record of using creativity and innovation to unlock the potential found within people to help them engage their inner creative capabilities to design solutions that create both business and social value.

Jeff has worked primarily in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, holding a variety of IT leadership roles in his career in areas such as strategy development, innovation, IT/Business alignment, retail, and business intelligence. Jeff is a speaker and presenter at industry workshops and conferences and has a reputation as a strong communicator who understands his audience and gets his points across in a clear, concise manner.  Jeff uses humor in his workshops to get his points across and help his clients have some fun while they learn to innovate.

Jeff has a strong passion for innovation and works in an advisory capacity for start-ups in the technology sector.