Barlow did not provide information about his plans although there is speculation that he will join XCM Services, which markets workflow products to accounting firms. 

Before Sage, Barow served as senior leader for national accountants for Intuit from September 2013 through August 2015. From June 2002 through October 2012, he was VP of sales and marketing for CCH. If he were to go to XCM, he would rejoin that company's COO Mike Sabbatis, who was president of CCH Tax & Accounting North America and left that company the same month as Barlow.