Barry Hall

Barry Hall is the CFO and Co-Founder of Thwapr, a video sharing service. Barry Hall has nearly 30 years of business experience that combines a strong financial background with a deep knowledge and practice of general management. He has been a CEO, COO or CFO for a variety of publicly and privately traded Internet, high technology, and telecommunications companies. Among the companies that Barry worked for prior to joining Thwapr are EarthLink, Inc. where he was the Chief Financial Officer and led its IPO and CalAmp Corp where he served Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. While at CalAmp he developed and directed the overall business strategy and marketing plan that turned this publicly held manufacturer of satellite television and wireless cable amplifiers from near bankruptcy to the #10 small corporation in the United States (Business Week, May 24, 1993). Barry holds an MBA and a BA in Mathematics, both earned at San Diego State University. In between earning those degrees he served in the United States Marine Corps as a tank platoon commander and was selected for the rank of Captain prior to his discharge. He is married with twin daughters.