EMI Group

Barney joined EMI with global responsibility for all of the digital business worldwide.

While at EMI, Barney was part of the management team that saw the transition of EMI from a PLC to private ownership under Terra Firma.

Live8

Working closely with the Band Aid Trust, Barney conceived the idea of making U2 and Paul McCartney’s opening performance from the Live8 concert available as downloads in real-time.

Barney managed the team at Universal team that pulled together an incredible feat to make the song available in under 18 minutes on all download stores.

Universal Music Group

Barney led the emerging digital business of UMG ex-North America.

As part of his role, Barney led negotiations with Apple, Napster, Real, Vodafone, NTTDocomo and many more emerging digital music services.

Barney’s role also encompassed extensive support for UMG’s legal and government affairs teams with early digital litigation, legislation and government affairs.

ARM

Barney joined ARM working on ASIC projects for OEM customers.

Working closely with ARM’s hardware and software teams, Barney conceived a combined hardware and software solution that set ARM as the go-to standard for early MP3 players.

While at ARM Barney became an active member of the Secure Digital Music Initiative.

Micronics

Micronics is a UK-based instrumentation manufacturer. Barney joined as their Product Development Manager. Within two years, his team updated the entire range of products and moved from in-house to subcontract manufacture.

Surrey Medical Imaging Systems

SMIS was spun out of The University of Surrey to create imaging systems based on transputers and parallel DSPs.

Barney joined the team as part of his undergraduate industrial placement program and continued working for the business while completing his studies.

Acoustics at Surrey

Barney studied for a BSc in Physics with Acoustics at the University of Surrey

Surrey was the natural place for Barney because of their on-campus studio complex.

Club Promotions

Barney began his career promoting dance music events in Leeds, Bradford and Manchester.

Working closely with the team at KAOS and SOAK, they promoted multiple shows each week from 700-3,500 capacity.