Barbara Bry

Bio

Mrs Barbara Bry, the chief operating officer of Blackbird Ventures, has been on the founding team of two companies and three nonprofit organizations. Barbara was a co-founder of Atcom, the leader in developing internet kiosks and high speed internet access in hotel rooms. The company was sold in 1999 in a transaction valued at $80 million and is now owned by Cisco. In addition, Barbara was on the founding management team of Proflowers.com, which completed a successful initial public offering in December 2003 as Provide Commerce (PRVD) Mrs Barbara is also the founder of UCSD Athena, San Diego’s premier organization for women technology executives and entrepreneurs. She spent 10 years at the University of California, San Diego where she was the first associate director of CONNECT, which has received international recognition for its efforts in linking technology entrepreneurs with the resources they need for success. Most recently, she served as the founding editor and CEO of Voice of San Diego, an innovative news and information Web site which has been featured nationally for its leadership in community based journalism Mrs Bry has a BA degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and a masters’ degree in business administration from Harvard Business School