Eric Inniger

Division Chair
The Grind

Eric's career thus far has been one of helping small and startup tech businesses succeed and thrive by combining programming experience with a resourceful and inquisitive nature. After earning a BS in Computer Science at Bowling Green State University, Eric began working at Wilson Sporting Goods. A factory making footballs was not his expectation after a obtaining a tech degree, but he worked hard and found an opening in the graphics department. After only a few months, he was placed in charge of the graphics department for on-field football design. Among Eric’s responsibilities was working with the NFL to create the layout of the super bowl football. Not being happy with merely the creation of game balls, I worked with sales teams and accounting to create and maintain a high end football memorabilia market and leverage our fast turn around times and ability to do small runs of custom printing to secure premium business away from overseas competitors. America’s future in manufacturing lies not with how much of something it can produce, but how it can customize and adapt to service the needs of the moment. After three years of learning, hard work and attending Super Bowls, Eric desired to use the programming he had been taught and moved to DC. A chance meeting after a work lead failed to show up allowed him to meet two like-minded people and join Red Tree Systems as Senior Programmer at the moment of it’s founding. Red Tree Systems allowed for programming skill growth but more importantly allowed Eric to learn first hand what it takes to make a start up tech company successful. After years of success by forging close alliances with local graphic artists and high end design shops, Red Tree Systems merged with Carousel30 to become the vibrant and thriving company it is today. In thinking about his future, Eric decided to move closer to family and more child friendly places. This led him to Williams McBride Group in Lexington where he develops custom applications helps other small business’ grow.