LCol (Retired) Barry A. MacDonald

Barry MacDonald joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1971 and completed over 43 years of service in 2014. He has served as an intelligence professional in various roles including as an intelligence analyst, manager, trainer, assistant attaché, staff officer and geospatial intelligence leader.

His assignments have spanned the full range of tactical, operational and strategic positions in Canada, the United States, Cyprus, and Europe.

As a founding member of the Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre (CFJIC) he served as Officer Commanding of the Operations Squadron responsible for the provision of imagery and imagery intelligence support to CAF operations. He later became Future Capabilities and Change Management Officer where he was responsible for managing the implementation of a new generation of digital exploitation technology. In addition, he developed the Concept of Operations for a Deployable Imagery Support Team (DIST); forming and commanding the first DIST deployment in 2002 and proving the concept for future operations.

After promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 2010, Barry served Deputy Director of Geospatial Intelligence, responsible for Governance and Partnerships managing the Canadian Forces’ geospatial intelligence relationships both domestic and international. He also established and led the CAF’s J2 Targeting Branch during Operation MOBILE/UNIFIED PROTECTOR.

He is currently Managing Director of Hyperion Consulting Services Incorporated, which provides a full range of intelligence, geospatial intelligence and security services.