In 1994, Barrie won the ACS National
Australian Universities Programming Championship.
In 2006, Barrie won the New South
Wales Pearcey Award for contribution to the IT&T industry. He is a notable
alumnus of the University of Sydney, having won the Alumnus of the Year Award
for the Faculty of Engineering and IT in 2010.[11]
In 2010, Barrie was named Entrepreneur
of the Year by Dynamic Business magazine.[12] In 2011, he was named the
inaugural BRW Entrepreneur of the Year.[13] In that year he also won the
Technology Division for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.[14]
In 2011, Barrie was named in the ten
most influential people in Australian IT by the International Business
Times.[15] In 2012, he was named in the top 100 most influential people in
Sydney by Sydney magazine, the top 100 influential engineers by Engineers
Australia,[16] and a 2012 Man of Influence by Men's Style magazine.[17]
Barrie was profiled by two-time
Walkeley Award winning journalist Greg Bearup in Good Weekend.[5]
In 2012, Barrie was selected by
Linkedin as one of their "150 worldwide influencers", a selection of
thought leaders whose essays are published on the social network, which
included Barack Obama, Richard Branson, David Cameron and Deepak Chopra.[18]
In 2013, he was named in the top 10
Australian entrepreneurs to watch in 2013 by Smart Company,[19] Young
Technology Entrepreneur of the Year by News Limited,[20] and in the top 100
most influential engineers by Engineers Australia.[21] He was also named Entrepreneur
of the Year at the Engineers Australia Excellence Awards Sydney in 2013.
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