Leadership

Eric Thompson is one of the original founders of Echelon
Consulting. He, along with his co-founder, Amin Negandhi,
started Echelon Consulting in 1997. Their common vision
sets the tone and direction for the company. Eric guides
Echelon Consulting in the area of high-level strategy consulting
and custom application development.

Eric also participates directly in many internal initiatives including
recruiting, client relationship management, and corporate culture.
One of Eric's primary challenges is to help create a work
environment within Echelon Consulting that is professional,
challenging, and fun while fully equipped to attract and
retain top talent.

Eric began his career at Andersen Consulting, where he helped
the internal knowledge management organization develop and
implement a knowledge infrastructure that was instrumental to
the success of Andersen Consulting.

Eric is very involved in many of the summer activities that Chicago has to offer. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and has lived in Chicago ever since.