Barry Culman

Barry Culman
Barry Culman
CEO, Spectrum Systems

Barry Culman has more than thirty years of experience in senior leadership positions with technology-based companies in the Washington, D.C., area. His background includes both private and public companies selling to the commercial sector and, for the last ten years, with organisations that sell primarily to the US federal government. Barry is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of Spectrum, along with driving its long-term mission and strategy. Prior to joining Spectrum, Barry was the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for ASRC Federal Holding Company. Barry has also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of SPADAC, a leading geospatial technology company specialising in the combination of spatial intelligence and predictive analytics.  He previously served as Group Vice President of Operations at GTSI, a publicly traded, government IT product and services company. During the 1990s, he was President of Comstor Corporation, a General Electric–owned company that grew from $30M to $500M in revenue during his leadership. Barry is on the executive board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area and is involved in numerous community-based organisations. He is a non-practicing CPA, has a Master of Business Administration in finance from American University and a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Maryland.

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