Eric Dean
PARTNER – SALES ACCELERATION
Eric is a globally recognized leader in Information Technology planning and infrastructure. Most recently, Eric was CIO of United Airlines where he continued the modernization of one of the largest and oldest legacy systems in the world. Prior to United, Eric spent 20 years with the Andersen organization, where he became CIO of Andersen Worldwide and later Arthur Andersen. His achievements included replacing the legacy environment of 125 Wang systems installed in 80 countries and moving to a more modern infrastructure including Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office and a global intranet that at its peak supported over 150,000 users around the world.
As founding chairman of the Liberty Alliance, Eric led the broad, diverse alliance of over 40 companies - including consumer companies like Sony, GM, Citibank and Vodafone, and technology infrastructure companies like Sun and HP - to unanimously approve its first round of specifications just nine months after the organization was launched. Eric trained as a concert pianist and recently bought a 7'7" grand piano which now resides in his 2nd floor co-op apartment. When not reading or playing piano, he and his wife enjoy a 2-acre garden at their Illinois home.
