Coversant Board of Advisors
Eric Wilson Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Raley's
Eric F. G. Wilson is Raley’s Sr. Vice President & Chief Information Officer. Eric
provides Technology vision and leadership for Raley’s. He oversees, directs and
executes the overall Technology strategy, operations and staff administration for
the Raley’s Information Technology department.
He is responsible for the conception, development, implementation, and management
of Raley’s Enterprise technology strategy.
Eric brings to the company, 25 years of global IT operations experience. Before
joining Raley’s, He was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
at Fusionstorm, a technology services company. Prior to that, he served as Senior
Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Philip Services Corporation a multi-national
industrial services, laboratory and engineering services company with over $3 billion
in annual revenues. Eric also held several IT management positions at Dofasco, an
integrated materials manufacturer with over $2.7 Billion in annual sales. There
he served as General Manager, Information Technology Services at Dofasco, Inc.
Eric is currently a member of SBC Communications Inc. Board of Advisors, Perry Johnson
Registrars’ Advisory Board and serves on the boards of several technology companies.
Eric graduated with honors from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He
holds an Honors Bachelor’s degree in computer science and business administration.
Phil Cardman Former Vice President & General Counsel
OSI & Convex Computer
Philip Cardman, is an attorney with special expertise in general corporate and commercial
law, international law and intellectual property matters.
Cardman served as vice president, general counsel and secretary for Objective Systems
Integrators, makers of network management software. At OSI, he started the company's
legal function and also managed its human resources and information systems operations.
Before OSI Cardman was vice president of business development, general counsel and
secretary for Convex Computer Corp., makers of mini-supercomputers. Cardman spent
eight years at Tandem Computers, including 3 1/2 years in London, and five years
at Intel Corp. He began his career in private law practice at Pettit & Martin in
San Francisco.
Cardman earned his bachelor's degree in English literature and drama from Washington
University and his juris doctor (J.D.) degree from Duke University.