Mr. Barwell has over nineteen years of experience as a business manager, management consultant, and professional accountant gained in organizations undergoing significant change. He has helped both public and private sector organizations execute strategic plans, reengineer business processes, and implement major functional business systems. His experience spans the professional services, aerospace, retail real estate, utilities, and rail industries.

Mr. Barwell served as the Director for Enterprise Strategy and Planning at Analytic Services Inc., a non-profit professional services corporation serving the defense, homeland security, and intelligence communities. He was responsible for all information technology operations, as well as modernizing their business systems architecture.

Prior to Analytic Services, Mr. Barwell served in business transformation roles in the Office of the Administrator at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He led NASA's transition to full cost accounting, and also served as the Deputy Director of the Integrated Enterprise Management Program, NASA's finance and business information systems modernization initiative. Previously Mr. Barwell was a principal consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, based in the Washington, DC and London, UK offices. Mr. Barwell began his career in finance with KPMG, and went on to hold financial management positions in the privatized rail industry.

A native of Derby in the UK Mr. Barwell graduated from Lancaster University with a bachelor's degree in Economics. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK. He and his wife, Brooks, live in Alexandria, Virginia, with their three children.