User:Chefmikesf/sandbox/Barry C. McCarthy

McCarthy was born in 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. McCarthy's father was a store manager, and his mother was a schoolteacher.{{Cite web |title=Episode 229: Deluxe CEO Barry McCarthy Personalizes Technology Solutions, One Business at a Time |url=https://www.ice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house/deluxe-ceo-barry-mccarthy-personalizes-technology-solutions-one-business-at-a-time |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=theice.com |language=en}} McCarthy attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his bachelor's degree. McCarthy earned a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.{{Cite web |title=LEADERS Interview with Barry C. McCarthy, Executive Vice President, Network and Security Solutions, First Data Corporation |url=https://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2016.1_Jan/Georgia/LEADERS-Barry-McCarthy-First-Data-Corporation.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.leadersmag.com}}

McCarthy began his career at Procter & Gamble.{{Cite web |title=Atlanta Trend - Connecting People. Processing News |url=https://www.atlantatrend.org/public/index.php/post/executive/682 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.atlantatrend.org}} He held executive roles at Wells Fargo and Verisign.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1999-03-02 |title=Wells Fargo to Add Cartoon Ads to Its ATM Screens |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-02-fi-13039-story.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Woodward |first=Kevin |title=How Barry McCarthy Is Steering Deluxe Into Digital Payments |url=https://www.digitaltransactions.net/how-barry-mccarthy-is-steering-deluxe-into-digital-payments/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Digital Transactions |language=en-US}} McCarthy co-founded MagnaCash, a financial services startup that was acquired by Yaga, Inc. in 2001.{{Cite web |title=LEADERS Interview with Barry C. McCarthy, Executive Vice President, Network and Security Solutions, First Data Corporation |url=https://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2016.1_jan/Georgia/LEADERS-Barry-McCarthy-First-Data-Corporation.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.leadersmag.com}}

McCarthy joined First Data Corporation in 2004.{{Cite web |title=Deluxe Corp. CEO's fintech career prepared him for challenges at century-old company |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2024/08/27/barry-mccarthy-deluxe-corp-modernizing.html |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} McCarthy held various executive roles at the company, including executive vice president at Network and Security Solutions. McCarthy was responsible for the turnaround of the firm's financial services segment.{{Cite web |last=Ostuni |first=Amanda |date=2018-11-06 |title=Deluxe Corp. Taps Barry McCarthy as New President, CEO |url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-corp-taps-barry-mccarthy-as-new-president-ceo/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Twin Cities Business |language=en-US}}

McCarthy was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Deluxe Corporation in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Ostuni |first=Amanda |date=2018-11-06 |title=Deluxe Corp. Taps Barry McCarthy as New President, CEO |url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-corp-taps-barry-mccarthy-as-new-president-ceo/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Twin Cities Business |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sams |first=Douglas |title=This industry is driving new workers to Atlanta, CEO says |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2023/08/24/atlanta-fintech-deluxe-barry-mccarthy.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}

McCarthy authored Small Business Revolution, How Owners and Entrepreneurs Can Succeed, published by Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2021.{{Cite web |title="The check is not dead," Deluxe CEO says {{!}} Payments Dive |url=https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/the-check-is-not-dead-deluxe-ceo-says/609974/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.paymentsdive.com |language=en-US}} The book debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal Best Sellers list October 23, 2021.{{Cite web |title=Bestselling Books Week Ended October 23 |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/bestselling-books-week-ended-october-23-11635450211 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}} McCarthy was the executive producer of the television show Small Business Revolution. The show was nominated for a television Emmy award in 2021 and 2022. In 2024, McCarthy was inducted in the Georgia FinTech Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Atlanta Trend - Connecting People. Processing News |url=https://www.atlantatrend.org/public/index.php/post/executive/682 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.atlantatrend.org}}

McCarthy has a wife, Jean Ann. They have three children together.

McCarthy is a board member of Deluxe Corporation, National Urban League,{{Cite web |title=National Urban League |url=https://nul.org/board-of-trustees |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=nul.org}} the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees |url=https://www.woodruffcenter.org/leadership/board-of-trustees/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=The Woodruff Arts Center |language=en-US}}, Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees - Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School |url=https://www.cristoreyatlanta.org/about/board-of-trustees |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=www.cristoreyatlanta.org |language=en-US}}, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce{{Cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://metroatlantachamber.com/about-the-chamber/leadership/board-of-directors/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Metro Atlanta Chamber |language=en-US}}, Minnesota Business Partnership, and the Committee for Economic Development (CED){{Cite web |title=CED Trustees |url=https://www.conference-board.org/committee-for-economic-development/people/trustees |website=conference-board.org}}. He is also a former board member of the Junior Achievement of Georgia, Catholic Charities Atlanta, and the Technology Association of Georgia.{{Cite web |title=Barry C. McCarthy |url=https://www.conference-board.org/bio/Barry-McCarthy |website=conference-board.org}} In 2022, McCarthy was awarded the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Heartland Award.{{Cite web |title=21 Twin Cities executives named regional finalists for EY's 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year award |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2022/05/03/finalists-for-entrepreneur-of-the-year-in-state.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} McCarthy was inducted into the Georgia Fintech Hall of Fame in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Draft |first=Rough |date=2024-07-01 |title=Barry C. McCarthy to be inducted to Georgia Financial Technology Hall of Fame |url=https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2024/07/01/barry-c-mccarthy-inducted-georgia-fintech-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Rough Draft Atlanta |language=en-US}}

2021: Wiley & Sons, Inc., Small Business Revolution, How Owners and Entrepreneurs Can Succeed, Barry McCarthy{{Cite web |title=Small Business Revolution: How Owners and Entrepreneurs Can Succeed {{!}} Wiley |url=https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Small+Business+Revolution:+How+Owners+and+Entrepreneurs+Can+Succeed-p-9781119802648 |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Wiley.com |language=en}}

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