Barry Hardy

I was born in Ireland, have lived in both the US and England and now live in Switzerland.

I obtained my Ph.D. in 1990 from Syracuse University initially working in the area of computational chemistry, biophysics and computer-aided molecular modelling and design. I began working with virtual communities and environments in 1994 and have organised numerous international communications projects in the chemical, life and medical sciences. I also have developed technology solutions for internet-based conferencing, tutor-supported e-learning, laboratory automation systems and computational chemistry and informatics. I have been a National Research Fellow at the FDA Center for Biologics and Evaluation, a Hitchings-Elion Fellow at Oxford University, the CEO of Virtual Environments International and have chaired the EU-supported Eurotron Virtual Conferences in Glycobiology.

I am currently serving as a manager for Douglas Connect (http://douglasconnect.com/) where I am managing knowledge management activities including the provision of certified management training programs and the management of communities of practice in focused areas of scientific and business expertise (discovery, innovation, knowledge management, safety) for the life science and pharmaceutical industry. I am additionally involved in the development and application of collaboration support, ELNs and knowledge assessment and audit solutions for supporting R&D.

You can contact me via email at the following address: enquiries at douglasconnect.com