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Charles Phillips is one of the icons in the technology industry who is best known for his accomplishments at Oracle and ability to help increase the company’s revenue far beyond their original projections. Currently working for Infor, the third largest applications company, his goal appears to be similar—that of creating important acquisitions and growing revenue.

Phillips helped make Oracle what it is today by making important acquisitions and promoting growth quickly. He is also the former Oracle president and now CEO at Infor. So what is his new strategy in this high tech environment and what are his thoughts for the future?

In truth, Charles Phillips is one of a kind, known as a “Maverick” in the applications industry– and once started no one can really stop him.  .

Phillips alleges that this consistent persistence he is known for is due to his early military service as a captain in the Marines. Afterwards, he immediately rose to the position of managing director at Morgan Stanley and later worked at Oracle for a 7 year period. It was his achievements at Oracle that made Infor stand up and take notice.

During his time at this large applications software company, he took part in the acquisition of important firms like NetForce, PeopleSoft and Indicast, something the executives of Oracle had not thought of before. While in the president’s seat, Oracle experienced a revenue growth of over 300 percent due to Phillips belief in a need to diversify.

Currently, Infor is one of the top three applications company, yet its focus is mid management. It is a privately held company with the major shareholder being golden Gate Capital.

Charles Phillips has been doing the same, working “Aggressively” and with “Speed.” In his own words: “Infor will continue to make a few acquisitions, but balance these with internal investment.”

The idea in hiring Phillips is to give Infor the positive and rapid growth Oracle saw. In his year at Infor,Charles Phillips has hit the pavement running and important acquisitions have caused others in the industry to take notice. In the first three months of his position at Infor, he acquired one of the industry leaders, Lawson and within three days of closing the deal got an approval to hire 71 new engineers. Other achievements include the launching of the new and improved Infor10 and ION suite making it easier for customers to use the software and addressing the challenges they have come across in the software use.

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