Lewis Barr

Lewis Barr has more than 20 years of experience providing legal and compliance leadership at growing tech companies. He appreciates the daily opportunity to inform, implement, and advance best practices to support business growth and manage risk. Most recently, Lewis was VP of Legal, Security and Compliance at a customer data platform SaaS company, Lytics, where he built out its data protection and privacy programs. Prior to Lytics, he was General Counsel at an identity and access management SaaS company, Janrain (now Akamai Technologies), where he led the company’s global compliance efforts. Lewis also was General Counsel and Secretary at the e-discovery services company, Fios (now Epiq Systems), and General Counsel at a broadband networking solutions company, New Edge Networks (now EarthLink). Before going in-house, Lewis worked in private practice as a litigator in California state and federal courts. He began his legal career as a staff attorney with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon. He holds a B.S. degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law.