Barry Shrier
| Barry Shrier | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Technology entrepreneur, |
| Known for | Founder of Liberty Electric Cars |
Barry Shrier is an American born UK-based technology entrepreneur, the founder of Liberty Electric Cars.[1]
With a background in marketing, Shrier worked on projects for Unilever, Guinness, Procter and Gamble, Mars and Nestle, applying cognitive psychology to understand consumer behaviour.[2] In 2001 Shrier was hired by Paybox founder Mathias Entenmann into Deutsche Bank, as one of the Marketing Directors for the international mobile payment system that DB was funding the roll-out of.[3] In October 2003 Shrier founded Liberty Europe Wireless Networks, providing wireless broadband telecommunications services. In 2006, Shrier became a Non-Executive Director of Washington DC-based satellite venture Leo Terra, a company launching low-orbit satellites to deliver global mobile broadband services.
In 2007, Shrier began working in environmental protection and climate change, founding Liberty Electric Cars.[2] Shrier co-invented and patented zero-emissions technology, created to speed up the roll-out of electric cars.[1] He then founded the Zero Emission Vehicle Foundation, a trade organisation working to eliminate car pollution and therefore help to address global warming.[4]
In April 2009 Shrier met with Lord Mandelson to call on the government to take an active role in speeding up the roll-out of electric cars. Shrier was a leading advocate of an EV and low-emissions car stimulus incentive scheme, which the UK government later adopted as the £5k rebate.[5] Shrier predicted the end of the internal combustion engine at a Williams Grand Prix Engineering sponsored event run by the Advanced Automotive Engineers.[6]
Shrier serves on the board of Cochrane Associates.[7] Shrier has made various media appearances talking about green technology and electric vehicles on Sky Television,[8][9] BBC News,[10][11] the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch,[12] and The Financial Times.[13]
References
- 1 2 "Interview with Barry Shrier". Director Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- 1 2 "Barry Shrier - Founder of Liberty Electric Cars". Clean Tech Investor. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ Ward, Mark (6 May 2002). "Shopping with your mobile phone". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ↑ "New Foundation Accelerates Growth In Zero Emission Driving". imakenews.com. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ Wood, Tim (2009-03-22). "A British car icon faces up to reality". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ "AAE Conference speaker predicts the end of the internal combustion engine". autoindustry.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ "Cochrane Associates - People". Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ↑ "Electric Car Company To Create 250 Jobs". Sky News. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ "Sky News - Jeff Randall interviews Barry Shrier". Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ↑ "BBC iPM". BBC. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ "Electric car firm brings 250 jobs". BBC. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ "Green Machines". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
- ↑ "Pioneering £30m electric 4x4 plan". Financial Times. Retrieved 2010-01-18.