Way back in the day, Mark Barry was a terrible student. Now, he’s an Assistant Professor and the Director of the creative advertising portfolio program at The University of Alabama. Between back in the day and now includes some critical developmental years at J. Walter Thompson, a decision to chase money client-side, the development of poor sleeping habits (some people call this “freelancing”), and running a small design agency for over six years just to find out accounting is his kryptonite.