Barry M. Lemley, CTC, is the Senior Consultant based in the Washington DC offices of Consulting Strategies and brings more than 30 years of Airline, TMC, Corporate and Government distribution and technology experience to the industry.

He has worked with Garber Travel, ARC, PTC and HRG in management, sales and consulting positions as well as Pan Am in a series of headquarters, US and foreign assignments.

At ARC’s Lemley managed the record growth of the industry’s point of sale outlets to 47,000 with over 180 million annual transactions. He led the automation of the accreditation process and facilitated hundreds of TMC mergers and acquisitions.

As Director Emerging Markets he co-chaired ARC's Travel Distribution Task Force that drove distribution innovations that changed the very landscape of the industry. These included Service Fees, E-Ticketing, On-Site Branches, Online and Fulfillment locations and GDS alternatives. Barry successfully launched ARC’s Corporate Travel Department (CTD) program for which he was named one of the 25 Most Influential Executives in the Business Travel Industry by Business Travel News.

Recent travel industry consulting clients include ARC, the US Government, Lowe’s Hardware, Textron and TRX. He also provides project management and strategic environmental guidance to non-profit organizations including Creation Care Director for his church in Bethesda, Maryland.

He has served on ACTE’s Cross Border Initiative as well as NBTA’s Data Privacy Task Force and Aviation Committee and SGTP’s faculty. He holds a BA from Marist College and industry certifications from The Travel Institute and The Wharton School.