Earle Compton Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa

Earle Compton most recently was Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer for LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. Headquartered in Philadelphia. LEAF is a finance company that targets small to medium sized businesses to provide financing for the acquisition of essential business equipment, software, and services. Earle joined LEAF in 2007 to fill this important position, created to boost LEAF’s emphasis on the increasingly critical role that IT has in achieving strategic business… Show more Earle Compton most recently was Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer for LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. Headquartered in Philadelphia. LEAF is a finance company that targets small to medium sized businesses to provide financing for the acquisition of essential business equipment, software, and services. Earle joined LEAF in 2007 to fill this important position, created to boost LEAF’s emphasis on the increasingly critical role that IT has in achieving strategic business objectives. He has brought a fresh perspective from outside the financial services industry, sharpened by broad exposure to IT business solutions in the distribution, manufacturing, consumer products, and IT services industries. Technology has become a critical factor in LEAF’s go-to-market strategy. Through Earle’s leadership, LEAF has created a highly robust, flexible, and competitive IT platform that facilitates efficiency in LEAF operations while providing distinctive tools and services to enhance the LEAF value proposition to customers and channel partners. Earle is an active member of the executive management team responsible for all aspects of IT, including the following primary accountabilities:• Bring knowledge of what's possible through IT as it pertains to business strategy development. • Ensure close alignment between business objectives and IT strategy, goals, & focus. • Lead pursuit of continuous process improvement. • Provide cost effective IT platform that is secure, reliable, scalable, and enables business growth & performance. • Provide range of ongoing IT services & solutions to support general business activity and use of technology solutions.• Instill a culture that is business oriented and focused on a 360 degree view of the customer.Earle and his team have been recognized twice by the industry trade organization, winning the ELFA Technology Excellence Award in both 2012 and 2016. Show less

Mr. Compton acquired valuable experience during his tenure on the Computer Aid Inc. senior management team. CAI is one of the Delaware Valley’s largest IT services and consulting firms, specializing in IT best practice consulting & service delivery. In his role as Business Unit Leader directing CAI’s core Applications Services Practice, he was instrumental in stabilizing service delivery and improving customer relationships. The practice, with a staff of 180 IT professionals, was… Show more Mr. Compton acquired valuable experience during his tenure on the Computer Aid Inc. senior management team. CAI is one of the Delaware Valley’s largest IT services and consulting firms, specializing in IT best practice consulting & service delivery. In his role as Business Unit Leader directing CAI’s core Applications Services Practice, he was instrumental in stabilizing service delivery and improving customer relationships. The practice, with a staff of 180 IT professionals, was organized in to customer teams serving a number of firms throughout the greater Delaware Valley; including companies such as Dupont in Wilmington DE, Gore Industries in Elkton MD, Educational Testing Services in Princeton NJ, and Armstrong World Industries in Lancaster PA. Show less

Earle joined Amerigas Partners as a Vice President in the newly created Chief Information Officer corporate role. In this role he led the development of a scalable IT infrastructure and applications portfolio, addressing all aspects of Amerigas business process and communications needs. This capability was a critical enabler to the Amerigas business plan, in its focus to continuously improve profitability while building scale, via aggressive growth through acquisition. Earle’s leadership in… Show more Earle joined Amerigas Partners as a Vice President in the newly created Chief Information Officer corporate role. In this role he led the development of a scalable IT infrastructure and applications portfolio, addressing all aspects of Amerigas business process and communications needs. This capability was a critical enabler to the Amerigas business plan, in its focus to continuously improve profitability while building scale, via aggressive growth through acquisition. Earle’s leadership in the execution of this plan over his ten year tenure was instrumental in the integration of acquired businesses and essential to facilitating dramatic growth of Amerigas. During this time-frame Amerigas grew from a $600MM business to a $2Bil enterprise. Show less

Earle began his distinguished career as an intern programmer with Scott Paper Co., where he enjoyed years of success, leaving a noteworthy track record as he progressed through a range of responsibilities in various large-scale systems development, project management & IT executive roles. Earle’s last position at Scott was Director of North American Systems, where he had responsibility for applications development, business support, and strategic IT planning across Scott’s North American… Show more Earle began his distinguished career as an intern programmer with Scott Paper Co., where he enjoyed years of success, leaving a noteworthy track record as he progressed through a range of responsibilities in various large-scale systems development, project management & IT executive roles. Earle’s last position at Scott was Director of North American Systems, where he had responsibility for applications development, business support, and strategic IT planning across Scott’s North American business units. Show less

Bsba, Accounting

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Mba, Marketing