The research at BHI focused on
tax policy and its effect on growth and employment. He was lead researcher on the team that
developed the computable general equilibrium framework that would become BHI’s
trademarked STAMP model. Following his position at Suffolk University, Mr.
Barrett took the position of Principal at IHS, the world’s leading economic forecasting and consulting
firm.
In his
capacity as Principal he led teams of researchers/economists on engagements for
large Fortune 500 clients, including Intel, Walmart, S.W.I.F.T. and Hewlett
Packard. As part of the engagement for
the European Commission, his team authored three chapters for the EC’s 2009
report, “Sectoral Growth Drivers and Competitiveness in the European Union.”,
including a sole authorship on the chapter on profitability.
Upon leaving
IHS, Mr. Barrett became Vice President of Strategic Analytics at MullenLowe in
Boston, Advertising Age’s 2014 Agency
A-List # 2 Agency. He managed the
team of analysts in the Strategic Analytics department that ensured that
clients were getting the maximum ROI for the advertising dollar. Their clients included JetBlue, U.S. Cellular
and the federal government.
Mr.
Barrett departed MullenLowe to co-found Performance Economics. Performance Economics is an economic
consulting firm, focusing on the EB-5 industry. Mr. Barrett has been a panelist
at several EB-5 related conferences. He advises attendees on issues regarding
EB-5 economic impact modeling and provides guidance around the latest issues
the USCIS has raised concerning job impacts in the EB-5 program. He has been a guest speaker at several conferences
for the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, Association to Invest in USA
and Immigration Law Weekly.
In 2017, Mr. Barrett became a registered agent for
Baker Tilly Capital, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause, LLP, an accounting firm. He
specializes in raising capital for private placement projects. He holds FINRA Series 63 and 82 licenses.
Frank Conte has over 40 years of experience as a journalist,
editor and public policy analyst. Mr. Conte is the former director of
communications and information systems at the Beacon Hill Institute, where he
managed its renown business climate index for the State Competitiveness
Project. His work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, Inquiry
Magazine, State Tax Notes, the Boston Business Journal, the Worcester Business
Journal and NewBostonPost.com. Mr. Conte has also co-authored policy studies on
state fiscal policy, tax policy, renewable energy and health care. He is a
currently a technology consultant, a free-lance writer and editor as well as a publisher
of two news aggregation web sites. Mr. Conte holds a Master’s of Science in Public Affairs from
the University of Massachusetts-Boston and a Bachelor’s of Science in English
from Suffolk University. Mr. Conte is a member of the UMass-Boston chapter of
Pi Alpha Alpha.
