Ed earned his EMBA from Georgia State University, Robinson School of Business, and his BA in Accounting from Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio. He is also a Certified Management Accountant.

Ed’s career experience includes accounting for a major Ohio bank and financial modeling consulting for a number of Fortune 500 companies. With a passion for financial modeling, Ed joined a team at Arthur Anderson & Co. to develop a multi-dimensional tax system that clients utilize for corporate tax compliance and planning. As the model became more complex, his team moved the application to Oracle.

Leveraging his Oracle experience, Ed joined a team of Atlanta consultants to form Tactics, a high-growth Oracle consultancy. Following the successful sale of Tactics, Ed joined Presidio. For the next 20 years, he held various Director and VP roles focused on complex sales in data center and cloud technologies. Most recently, he led successful selling and pre-sales consulting teams in the southeast.

Ed most recently resided in Atlanta, GA, with his wife, Mary Ellen. They have three children Ansley, Maddy, and Joey.