Career
On his return, Barfield began working as a custodian for the University of Michigan and started his first business in 1955, called the Barfield Cleaning Company of Ypsilanti, Michigan, which employed 200 people. Barfield has since founded a $2B workforce solutions business with 2,600 employees, which was named “Company of the Year” by Black Enterprise Magazine in 1985. The Bartech Group, which was founded by Barfield, is a global workforce management and staffing solutions provider, headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, United States, with international operations in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and the United Kingdom.