Eric P. Dirst
Director/Board Member at CIO Executive Council
Profile
Eric Dirst is the Chief Technology Advisor at ACP, working as an independent contractor with the investment team and portfolio company management on growth initiatives and operational priorities as it relates to the technology strategy and execution at select portfolio companies.
Previously Eric was the President of Global Shared Operations at Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE), running operations in the USA, Caribbean, and Brazil.
Eric has been Chief Information Officer (CIO) at a Fortune 500 and a Fortune 1000 company, and he has been a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at a venture-funded startup.
Eric has also run practices and served as program manager at various management and consulting divisions such as Covansys (acquired by CSC, now DXC Technology), and KPMG Peat Marwick.
Eric began his career as Director of Data Processing for Kendall County, IL managing all in-house and outsourced IT systems for running the county operations.
During Eric’s career he has won Computerworld’s Top 100 Best Places to work in Information Technology (2013); InformationWeek Innovation Top 100 (2011), Top 250 (2012), and Top 500 (2002-2007, 2010); CIO Magazine Top 100 Innovative Organizations (2006, 2008), and Eric was #31 on ExecRank’s 2012 Top CIO list, out of 38,000 global CIO’s.
Eric P. Dirst active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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CIO Leadership Network | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2009-10-18 |
Technology Executives Club
Technology Executives Club Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Technology Executives Club provides seminars, webinars, whitepapers, on-demand webcasts and newsletters. It helps IT and business executives to stay current and share best practices on information technology. The company was founded by Alex Jarett in 2000 and is headquartered in Glenview, IL. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2010-10-13 |
CIO Executive Council
CIO Executive Council Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services CIO Executive Council is a non-profit company that focuses on advancing business technology leaders. The company is based in Framingham, MA. The company provides strategic leadership development for the transforming c-suite at the world's most influential and evolving organizations. The company was founded in 2005 by Maryfran Johnson. Maryfran Johnson has been the CEO since 2005. | Director/Board Member | 2010-10-13 |
Align Capital Partners, LLC
Align Capital Partners, LLC Investment ManagersFinance Align Capital Partners, LLC (Align Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Steve Dyke, Chris Jones and Rob Langley. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with the additional office in Dallas, Texas. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Former positions of Eric P. Dirst
Companies | Position | End |
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SIRVA, Inc.
SIRVA, Inc. TruckingTransportation SIRVA, Inc. engages in the provision of relocation services. It offers client, origin, destination, and ongoing services. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2007-12-31 |
ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 2008-04-30 |
IQ4hire, Inc.
IQ4hire, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services IQ4hire, Inc. provides online information services. The company offers applications, services and tools for professional services of supply chain. It also provides business consulting, employment, credit card services and other business related services. IQ4hire was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | - |
Training of Eric P. Dirst
Northern Illinois University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC. | Consumer Services |
Private companies | 6 |
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SIRVA, Inc.
SIRVA, Inc. TruckingTransportation SIRVA, Inc. engages in the provision of relocation services. It offers client, origin, destination, and ongoing services. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. | Transportation |
IQ4hire, Inc.
IQ4hire, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services IQ4hire, Inc. provides online information services. The company offers applications, services and tools for professional services of supply chain. It also provides business consulting, employment, credit card services and other business related services. IQ4hire was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Technology Services |
CIO Executive Council
CIO Executive Council Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services CIO Executive Council is a non-profit company that focuses on advancing business technology leaders. The company is based in Framingham, MA. The company provides strategic leadership development for the transforming c-suite at the world's most influential and evolving organizations. The company was founded in 2005 by Maryfran Johnson. Maryfran Johnson has been the CEO since 2005. | Commercial Services |
Technology Executives Club
Technology Executives Club Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Technology Executives Club provides seminars, webinars, whitepapers, on-demand webcasts and newsletters. It helps IT and business executives to stay current and share best practices on information technology. The company was founded by Alex Jarett in 2000 and is headquartered in Glenview, IL. | Commercial Services |
CIO Leadership Network | |
Align Capital Partners, LLC
Align Capital Partners, LLC Investment ManagersFinance Align Capital Partners, LLC (Align Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Steve Dyke, Chris Jones and Rob Langley. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with the additional office in Dallas, Texas. | Finance |