Executive Forum with Eric Kennedy, Senior Director of Transformation for Dell Financial Services

The Executive Forum is open to the public, as seating permits, and provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of topics and issues facing business and management.

Eric Kennedy is Senior Director of Transformation for Dell Financial Services (DFS) at Dell Technologies, where he leads enterprise-wide transformation initiatives focused on simplifying end-to-end business processes, improving operational performance, and enabling strategic growth.  Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is a global technology leader headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, providing the infrastructure, devices, and services that help organizations build their digital futures. Founded by Michael Dell in his dorm room at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, the company pioneered the direct-to-consumer PC model and today spans the full technology landscape, from PCs and peripherals through its Client Solutions Group to servers, storage, and networking through its Infrastructure Solutions Group.  Over his 16-year career at Dell, Kennedy has built and led organizations across consulting, finance, internal audit, enterprise risk management, and enterprise transformation.

Eric spent more than a decade in Dell’s internal consulting organization, including eight years leading the team, where his consultants partnered with executives across finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, legal, and other business functions to deliver large-scale transformation initiatives.  That work took him into nearly every corner of the company and shaped his approach to leadership and problem-solving.  He went on to lead Dell’s Enterprise Risk Management program and most recently served as Senior Director of Global Retail Finance, owning the P&L for Dell’s $3 billion global retail business. Eric currently serves as President of the Association of Internal Management Consultants.

A proud third-generation Boilermaker, Eric earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 2008 before completing his MBA at the Daniels School of Business in 2010. While at Purdue, he played both the saxophone and the World’s Largest Drum in the All-American Marching Band, earned his private pilot’s license, and was inducted into Pi Tau Sigma, the international mechanical engineering honor society.  Eric lives in the Austin, Texas area with his wife and two daughters and is honored to return to Purdue to share lessons from his career.