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.