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Born | Charles Edward Phillips Jr. 1959 (age 64–65) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
Education | United States Air Force Academy (BS) Hampton University (MBA) New York Law School (JD) |
Occupation(s) | Chairman and Former CEO of Infor |
Charles E. Phillips (born June 1959)[1] is an American business executive in the tech industry. He is the co-founder of Recognize, a focused investment firm.[2] From 2010 to 2019, he was the CEO of Infor, a company that specializes in enterprise software applications for specific industries.[3]
In his first three years as CEO of Infor, Phillips grew the company significantly through numerous strategic acquisitions, created an in-house design agency to improve software user interface and visual appeal, and updated and upgraded software to better meet niche-industry needs. In 2014, he led Infor to become the first industry cloud company – the first ERP vendor in the cloud offering complete software products for businesses and unique sub-industries – and by 2018 Infor was also the first ERP provider to make a complete transition to the cloud, with the majority of its customers, applications, and revenues cloud-based. In August 2019 he stepped down as CEO to "focus on strategy development, customer relationships, and new acquisitions", as Infor's Chairman.[4]
Prior to joining Infor, Phillips was co-president and director of Oracle Corporation from 2003 through 2010, and a managing director in the investment banking technology group at Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 2003. He is also a director at Viacom Corporation.[5]
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