Barış is a consultant and a trainer in the field of finance and banking with an expertise in finance engineering, and treasury and risk management solutions systems. He also leads various software projects in the fields of Treasury, Risk Management, Banking, Basel II and Control Systems.  He has cowritten books called "Türev Piyasalar ve Yapılandırılmış Ürünler" (Derivatives Markets and Structured Products), "Risk Yönetimi" (Risk Management) and  "Türev Ürünler ve Risk Yönetimi Sözlüğü (Glossary of Derivatives and Risk Management) and many of his articles have been published in international journals. He is married with one child.