Management Team

Greg Lewis
Co-Founder and Co-CEO

As Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Emerging Solutions, Greg Lewis brings more than 17 years of technology and business leadership experience. In addition to providing C-Level guidance, Mr. Lewis leads the Sales and Marketing team. He has worked with a wide range of industries in the selection, implementation, upgrade and development of ERP, CRM and BI applications.

Before co-founding Emerging Solutions in 1997, Mr. Lewis worked for Coopers & Lybrand in the company’s technology practice, playing a major role in the success of projects that included ERP, Business Intelligence and Sales Productivity. Key clients at Coopers & Lybrand included R.R.Donnelly & Sons and multiple divisions of Abbott Labs. Prior to Coopers & Lybrand, Mr. Lewis was a consultant in the Manufacturing & Distribution Consulting Practice at the Chicago accounting firm Altschuler, Melvoin and Glasser. The practice focused on system implementations and business process consulting.  

Mr. Lewis earned a Bachelor of Science in Management with a minor in Computer Science from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University.

Don Sweeney
Co-Founder and Co-CEO

As Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Emerging Solutions, Don Sweeney brings more than 15 years of experience to the firm. Mr. Sweeney is responsible for providing strategic direction and executive team leadership to accomplish the company’s objectives. He also heads the company’s growing Microsoft practice.

Before co-founding Emerging Solutions in 1997, Mr. Sweeney worked for PeopleSoft as a financial systems consultant for numerous strategic clients throughout the country, including Utilicorp, Borden Foods, Underwriters Laboratories, TransUnion, Tires Plus, State Farm Insurance and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Prior to PeopleSoft, he worked at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) as a part of the strategic enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations group. During his tenure at Andersen, he concentrated on highly-visible, mission critical implementations as a financial systems and reporting expert for highly visible accounts such as McDonnell Douglas, Ohio State University and the State of New York.

Mr. Sweeney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan.

Richard Reid
Senior Vice President, Oracle Practice

As one of the firm’s first employees and a partner of Emerging Solutions, Rich Reid brings more than 18 years of experience to the firm in business leadership and information technology.  Rich is leading the Oracle National Practice.  In this role, Rich is responsible for setting the firms’ strategy and managing professional services within the Oracle applications and technology stacks.  During his tenure with Emerging Solutions, Rich was instrumental in growing the firm and managing key accounts such as the American Dental Association, Underwriters Laboratories, LaSalle Bank, Fairview Healthcare and Katten Law.

Before joining Emerging Solutions , Rich worked for a software development firm as the Director of Technology designing and managing the development of engineering applications for Fortune 500 companies.  Prior to his work in product development, Rich led an Oracle Database Administration and Development team for Coopers and Lybrand Consulting working for companies such as Abbott Laboratories and RR Donnelley & Sons.   Prior to Coopers, Rich began his career at Motorola and was the primary support and development professional responsible for production manufacturing and distribution systems.  His knowledge spanned Database Administration, application specialist, business analyst, UNIX Administration, Project Management and team management.

Mr. Reid holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University.  In addition, he is an active member of the Executive Club of Chicago and the Project Management Institute.  Mr. Reid is also an active member of his community and coaching children’s sports. 

Andee Harris
Senior Vice President, Chicago Managing Director

As Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Emerging Solutions, Andee Harris brings more than 15 years of experience to the firm. Ms. Harris is responsible for providing strategic direction and day to day operations for the Chicago office. Prior to her promotion to Senior VP, Office Managing Director, Ms. Harris spent eight years leading the Human Capital Management practice, focusing on the evaluation and implementation of software to streamline Human Resources functions within large organizations.

Before joining Emerging Solutions, Ms. Harris worked with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) as part of the company’s Software Intelligence Group. She consulted on many strategic accounts, including the Department of Defense, AON and Chicago Tribune.

Ms. Harris believes in strong community service and the ultimate responsibility of business to give back to the community, and sits on the executive board of Children’s Memorial Hospital Corporate Champions Board. In addition, she is an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Executive Club of Chicago, Burley PTA and Friends of Burley, and Chicago Canine Rescue. She holds a B.A in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan.

Paul Finley
Minneapolis Managing Director

As Minneapolis Managing Director of Emerging Solutions, Paul Finley brings 14 years of technology and business process consulting experience to Emerging Solutions.  In his current role at Emerging Solutions as the Office Managing Director of the Minneapolis location, he provides strategic direction to the market and business development team, as well as providing day to day leadership over engagements with local and regional customers.

Prior to joining Emerging Solutions, Paul directed the technology and IT audit consulting practice for a regional CPA and consulting firm.  Prior to working with the CPA firm, he was responsible for a 7 state region of a national IT consulting and outsourcing organization, managing business development and delivery.  He has consulted with, and managed client relationships with a variety of private and publicly held entities such as Target Corporation, American Express, Imation, Minnesota Twins, and CSC.  He holds a BA in Organizational Management from St. John’s University.

Howard Hohnsen
Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer of Emerging Solutions, Howard Hohnsen brings more than 28 years of financial and accounting experience to assist in the continuing growth and success at Emerging Solutions.  Joining Emerging Solutions in 2003, Mr. Hohnsen has upgraded internal accounting processes and controls to accurately and properly report financial data and protect the company’s assets.  He also manages all Treasury, Cash and Budgeting management functions for the firm.  Mr. Hohnsen has been an equity owner of the firm since 2008.
Prior to joining Emerging Solutions, Mr. Hohnsen started his career at a predecessor firm of KPMG, rising through staff and manager’s positions at Chicago area firms in such diverse industries as grocery retailing, home improvements, and brass extrusion.
Mr. Hohnsen earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Northern Illinois University and has earned his CPA certificate in the State of Illinois.