TDS

Barry Hardy
Founder and President
Training & Development Systems, Inc.

As founder and CEO of Training & Development Systems, Inc. (TDS), Barry Hardy focuses his attention on the organization and management of employee training and development. Since establishing his company in 1993, he employs 50 people and has been recognized as one of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals on organizational training and development in the Gulf Coast Area. Before launching TDS, Hardy enjoyed a successful twenty-year career with Amoco Chemical Company.

He has presented papers and lectures for such organizations and associations as the University of Houston, American Society for Training and Development and the Houston Business Roundtable.

In 1991-92, Hardy served on the University of Houston College of
Technology Curriculum Advisory Committee for Training and Development. He helped develop the process operator curriculum for College of the Mainland's two-year associate degree program and provides the required instructor training to those selected to teach courses within the program. He is a past chairman of the American Petroleum Institute's (API) Gulf Coast Committee on Training and Development and a national member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

Hardy holds a bachelor of science degree in training and development from the University of Houston. He is certified to conduct internal ISO quality system audits and is certified by Philip Crosby Associates as an instructor in Quality Improvement and Prevention Implementation.

A native of Santa Fe, Texas, Hardy has three children and currently resides in Clear Lake, Texas.