Barry Jolly

Barry Jolly

Technology and Platform Group Practice Leader

Mr. Jolly is a senior business executive with significant experience and a leading authority on technology and operational platforms for professional employer organizations (PEOs). Jolly’s range of experience includes from start-up to large publicly traded clients within the PEO and HR outsourcing industries. Jolly has been in the PEO industry for nearly twenty years and has an extensive background in executive management with a range of small to large PEOs across the country. Jolly has served as Director of IT & Operations for the Cura Group, President of Employer Professional Services, Chief Operating Officer of the TLC Companies, and Vice President of Strategic Development of Synadyne .

Jolly began his career as a Chartered Accountant in Leeds, England before taking tours of duty in Kenya and the Cayman Islands as an Audit Manager. In the Cayman Islands, he joined a large offshore trust and banking group RoyWest Trust Corporation (Cayman) Limited as Manager of Client Accounting & Systems. Subsequently, he served as Managing Partner of Rankin & Co. before his tenure at Proudfoot PLC as Vice President & Risk Controller. Mr. Jolly has served on the NAPEO Accounting & Finance Committee and has been a frequent contributor to the NAPEO trade journal the PEO Insider. Mr. Jolly has a B.Sc. (Combined Honors) in Mathematics/Operational Research from Leeds University, England. In addition, he also received the Elijah J. Watts award for the highest scores on the CPA exam in the State of Georgia.