{"id":68722,"date":"2026-03-05T11:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=68722"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:44:28","slug":"eci-software-solutions-appoints-jack-wood-as-chief-technology-officer-to-scale-practical-ai-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2026\/03\/eci-software-solutions-appoints-jack-wood-as-chief-technology-officer-to-scale-practical-ai-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"ECI Software Solutions Appoints Jack Wood as Chief Technology Officer to Scale Practical AI Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Fort Worth, TX (March 3, 2026)<\/em> \u2014 ECI Software Solutions, Inc. (\u201cECI\u201d), a leader in AI-powered, cloud-based business management software and services, announced the appointment of Jack Wood as chief technology officer. With more than 25 years of engineering leadership experience, Wood will drive ECI\u2019s scalable and practical AI development strategy globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wood will drive the technical vision and architectural standards for scalable, secure, and modern systems, while ensuring the efficient delivery of high-quality products by equipping engineering teams with the correct infrastructure, tools, and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;AI is most powerful when it\u2019s practical, secure, and embedded in the workflows our customers rely on,\u201d said Trevor Gruenewald, CEO of ECI. \u201cWe have strong momentum in applying AI across ECI, and now we need to drive scalable execution. With Jack\u2019s leadership, we will accelerate platform modernization and deliver practical AI that\u2019s reliable in production and has tangible impact to our SMB customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before ECI, Wood held roles at Symetra, Capital One, Wayfair, Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Bell Labs. Most recently, he served as senior vice president and head of engineering at Symetra, leading the 350-plus person organization in modernizing platforms and advancing AI and automation workflows. Wood also helped deliver cloud-native platforms for the commercial trade credit business at Capital One and led Wayfair\u2019s engineering organizations through their expansion from $450 million in revenue to over $2.8 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cECI is in a rare position, with exceptional teams, deep industry data, and a modern technology foundation to turn innovation into everyday impact,\u201d Wood said. \u201cWe\u2019ve proven how practical AI can create real value for customers. What excites me is what comes next: amplifying that advantage by scaling secure, workflow-native AI across our portfolio so customers can move faster, operate with more confidence, and get more done every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about ECI and its leadership team, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecisolutions.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth, TX (March 3, 2026) \u2014 ECI Software Solutions, Inc. (\u201cECI\u201d), a leader in AI-powered, cloud-based business management software and services, announced the appointment of Jack Wood as chief technology officer. With more than 25 years of engineering leadership experience, Wood will drive ECI\u2019s scalable and practical AI development strategy globally. Wood will drive the technical vision and architectural standards for scalable, secure, and modern systems, while ensuring the efficient delivery of high-quality products by equipping engineering teams with the correct infrastructure, tools, and practices. &#8220;AI is most powerful when it\u2019s practical, secure, and embedded in the workflows our customers rely on,\u201d said Trevor Gruenewald, CEO of ECI. \u201cWe have strong momentum in applying AI across ECI, and now we need to drive scalable execution. With Jack\u2019s leadership, we will accelerate platform modernization and deliver practical AI that\u2019s reliable in production and has tangible impact to our SMB customers.&#8221; Before ECI, Wood held roles at Symetra, Capital One, Wayfair, Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Bell Labs. Most recently, he served as senior vice president and head of engineering at Symetra, leading the 350-plus person organization in modernizing platforms and advancing AI and automation workflows. Wood also helped deliver cloud-native platforms for the commercial trade credit business at Capital One and led Wayfair\u2019s engineering organizations through their expansion from $450 million in revenue to over $2.8 billion. \u201cECI is in a rare position, with exceptional teams, deep industry data, and a modern technology foundation to turn innovation into everyday impact,\u201d Wood said. \u201cWe\u2019ve proven how practical AI can create real value for customers. What excites me is what comes next: amplifying that advantage by scaling secure, workflow-native AI across our portfolio so customers can move faster, operate with more confidence, and get more done every day.\u201d To learn more about ECI and its leadership team, visit the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68724,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722\/revisions\/68724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}