Barney has been developing a wide range of skills within digital media and arts project management since 2002. Over the course of these years he has accumulated extensive experience within each of these fields through a variety of self-initiated projects, including a 6 year series of live music events at a 1000+ capacity venue in the West Midlands.

He is able to proficiently assume various roles that are valuable to a number of organisations; arts project funding developer (successful author of 3 small grants for the arts from the Arts Council England), project manager, web developer & designer specialising in community / social networking websites.

Since obtaining a 1st class degree (BSc) in Archaeological Science in 2010 Barney has also demonstrated good ability as a critically thinking researcher, author and fieldworker. Currently he studies part-time for an MA at the University of Sheffield, volunteers on communications for the Regather Hub and is an active trader at Regather.