Michael P. Barry

Michael P. Barry is President of O3 Plan Advisory Services LLC, which provides

retirement plan regulatory analysis targeted at plan sponsors and those who

provide services to them. Plan Advisory Services publishes analyses of regulatory

developments affecting private employer defined benefit and defined contribution

plans, focusing on the challenges, opportunities, and consequences for

sponsors that regulatory changes present.

Mike has had over 40 years’ experience in the benefits field, in law and consulting

firms, concentrating on the regulation of private employer DB and DC

retirement plans. Beginning law practice in 1976, the year that the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) became effective, Mike has worked with

and studied the evolving complexities of regulation in this heavily regulated field.

Before founding Plan Advisory Services in 1998, Mike was Managing Director

at Bankers Trust and, before that, the New York benefits partner at LeBeouf,

Lamb, Greene & McRae. He writes a regular column for PLANSPONSOR magazine

(“Barry’s Pickings”). For updates on the issues discussed in this book, Mike blogs

at moneyvstime.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @PlanAdvisorySvc.