Barry Horwitz

Barry Horwitz is a strategy consultant, having established Horwitz & Co LLC in 1995; specializing in helping clients grow in a strategic and sustainable way. He is the author of The Strategy Game, 41 Essays on Playing to Win for Competitive Advantage. 
 
His career has been exceptionally diverse and varied, spanning a broad range of industries, leadership roles, organization types and sizes, both domestic and international. 
 
As a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, he helped Fortune 500 companies assess competitive situations and develop growth strategies. As a co-founder and chief operating officer of a venture-backed Internet startup, he raised venture capital to launch the business and led the company’s expansion for three years. As a VP of marketing and strategy for a billion-dollar retail chain, he developed the growth strategy for the core business while initiating the launch of a mail-order pharmacy unit that was ultimately sold to Express Scripts. 
 
He has facilitated strategic planning, marketing and business plan development for organizations in a wide range of industries, from life sciences through consumer products. A sought after speaker and moderator, Horwitz has taught undergraduate and graduate-level courses in strategy, marketing and entrepreneurship at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and at the School of Hospitality Administration. 
 
He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Colby College. An avid tennis and squash player, he lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and empty nest.