Dr. Paul T. Barrett

Dr. Paul T. Barrett, CPA, is an Entrepreneur, Tax and Financial Advisor, Executive Coach, Researcher, Author, and Educator. He has been an important leader in successful technology start-up companies, including one that evolved into a publicly traded corporation.

Engaged over the last 25 years in coaching executives in the profit and non-profit worlds, he has written and published numerous articles and a book on business and tax issues. From 2008 to 2016, he served as Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Longwood University, the third oldest public university in Virginia, USA.

Under his direction, the college was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), opened the first academic offering in Cyber Security on the East Coast, and a Center for Cyber Security recognized as a Center of Excellence by the US Department of Defense.

He also opened a Logistics Center, a Personal Finance Center, and a Leadership and Innovation Institute that initiated state-wide leadership development in K-12 school systems bringing national and global attention to the school.