Charles Phillips

Charles E. Phillips (born June 1959) is an American business executive in the tech industry. Since late 2010 he has been the CEO of Infor, a company that specializes in enterprise software applications for specific industries.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 solutions 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. Prior to joining Infor, Phillips was co-president and director of Oracle Corporation from 2003 through 2010, and a managing director in the technology group at Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 2003. He is also a director at Viacom Corporation.