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Barry K. Hudson

Barry Hudson is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He serves as principal advisor to the USPTO Director to support and improve the accounting, budgeting, planning, and organizational performance systems of the USPTO. His responsibilities include managing the fiscal operations of the USPTO and providing leadership in areas defined by the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and other legislation designed to improve integrity in federal financial management.

Mr. Hudson has 29 years of federal financial management experience, ranging from day-to-day operations to departmental management and policy oversight.

He most recently served as Acting CFO and Deputy CFO for the U.S. Treasury Department, where he provided leadership to promote the efficient management of government resources and assets encompassing 14 Treasury bureaus and entities, $16 billion in annual appropriations, and 120,000 federal employees. He led all aspects of creating and managing Treasury’s Shared Service Center, a Treasury-wide program that promotes efficiency by consolidating repetitive administrative functions, reducing administrative support costs, enhancing financial management practices, and expanding competition for the delivery of products and services to the Treasury and other Federal agencies.

Mr. Hudson also chaired the Treasury CFO Council and represented the Treasury on the government-wide CFO Council, the main coordination vehicle for financial management across the U.S. government. Under his leadership, Treasury led all government agencies in accomplishing an accelerated close from 6 months to within 45 days of fiscal year-end.

He joined the Treasury in 1976 as a budget analyst, and held positions of increasing responsibility there until joining the USPTO in 2005.

Mr. Hudson received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from George Mason University and a master’s degree from North Central University. He is a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM).

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Since 1790, the basic role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has remained the same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution). Today, the USPTO is a federal agency in the Department of Commerce, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Through the issuance of patents, the USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Through the registration of trademarks, the agency assists businesses in protecting their investments, promoting goods and services, and safeguarding consumers against confusion and deception in the marketplace. By disseminating both patent and trademark information, the USPTO promotes an understanding of intellectual property protection and facilitates the development and sharing of new technologies worldwide.