[3][4] As president of the disabled sports organization he campaigned for the amendment of National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001 (Republic Act 9064) so that the government be legally obliged to give incentives to athletes competing in disabled sports, especially the Paralympics.

Barredo failed in his lobbying efforts to have mandatory incentives for eligible para-athletes be equal to their non-disabled counterparts.

[4] He has also served as a commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission under the chairmanship of Eric Buhain in the early 2000s prior to becoming IBSA president in 2005.

Prior to the accident, he was a student-athlete of De La Salle University playing in football, volleyball, basketball, track and field and chess.

Outside of sport, he is a businessman who founded his own insurance agency, a trucking business, and has been an executive of a car dealership.