Barry Echols:
CLASS OF 1969
Ensley High SchoolClass of 1969
Birmingham, AL
Minor Elementary SchoolClass of 1964
Birmingham, AL
Barry's Story
Life
Business travel keeps me literally all over the U.S. on short notice... So I relax by spending weekends, long weekends when I can, at my Lake Home near Pinehurst, NC. My home at Woodlake is built over the water with a view of the signature hole of our Championship 'Maples' Golf Course. Woodlake is a gated golf/lake community with 2 Championship golf courses and a wonderful 1400 acre recreational lake. Work hard/Play hard. Hard work reaps great dividends.
Workplace
After High School I worked as a Printing Pressman while attending Jeff State Jr. College, and then Birmingham Southern College where I received a B.A. in Accounting. I went into Printing and Office Supply sales for a few years before going into Law Enforcement. I started briefly as a police officer in Montgomery, then left and worked as a Police Officer for the City of Auburn.... no easy task for a die hard Bama Fan... Never could pull for the Orange & Blue, but I did love the people and my few years in the 'Loveliest Village of the Plains'. Then it was back to Jefferson County where I worked for a year as a police office for the City of Mountain Brook before accepting a position as Deputy United States Marshal in Kansas City, Kansas. After only one year in Kansas City I was accepted in the FBI Academy in Quantico where I continued my Law Enforcement training and was eventually assigned as a Special Agent with the FBI's Charlotte Division in the Raleigh, NC Resident Office. During my 6 years as a Special Agent in Central/Eastern Nor...Expand for more
th Carolina I had the privilege of working a variety of cases ranging from Bank Roberies to Foreign Counter Intelligence. I was also fortunat to be a member of the Charlotte FBI SWAT Team where I was a member of the Assult Team for 2 years, then a Sniper during my last 3 years with the Bureau. I left the FBI in 1989 to accept a position as Security Director for U.S and the America's at Glaxo Pharmaceuticals. I have remained at Glaxo, then GlaxoWellcome, and now GlaxoSmithKline for the past 19 years.... and with the latest merger (GlaxoWellcome and SmithKlineBeecham) I began development and currently lead the Ethics & Compliance Department for the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. It is my responsibility to make sure that individual employees and GSK as a Corporation does the right thing... both within Government guidelines and within GSK Policies and Procedures. I'm proud to be a part of a Corporation that is responsible for making sure we take the high road, and do things right. I continue to maintain contacts with my friends in the FBI as well as with the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations...and enjoy opportunities to work with them on a regular basis. In 2005 I had an opportunity to serve Federal Law Enforcement yet again; but pulled my name from contintion only a day before being appointed THE United States Marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina by President Bush. I expect to spend the nest 3 to 6 years at GSK before moving on to another career, and spending more time at my Lake House.
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