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Barry Sanders

Global Program Director, NetHope

 

Barry is a global program director with NetHope. In that role, he has oversight and/or involvement with a variety of key strategic NetHope initiatives, including his current role as program manager of the NetHope Shared Services initiative. Barry has been in this role with NetHope since mid-year 2007. Prior to that, Barry was associated with NetHope as Director of Information Technology with Children International (CI), one of the founding members of NetHope. During the formational years of NetHope, Barry served on the NetHope Board of Directors, as Executive Vice-President. In his role of IT Director at CI, Barry has been associated with the internationally-focused NGO community since 1999. During those 8 years, Barry was responsible for all ICT (Information and Communications Technology) activities, and oversaw a wide variety of projects in excess of $1million, including: (1) successful replacement of all home-grown back-office legacy systems with a modern SQL Server based client server ERP product; (2) creation of field data collection and management systems, including building a repository for over 1,000,000 digital photos of sponsored children in 3rd world countries; and (3) implementation of security hardware and software for both HQ field agencies that provides for remote management of all remote LANS and desktops from a HQ portal. Prior to his role at CI, Barry filled senior IT management roles for several organizations in the private sector, including 2 national organizations in the transportation and health-care industries. He also brings a total of over 30 years of IT industry experience, including software development, network management, and end-user support. Barry earned his BA and MA in Mathematics from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and his MBA from the University of Central Missouri.