John Viglione '84g

John is a member of the Executive Council at Vertex, where he is responsible for the strategic and operational alignment of the company. In addition, John is responsible for Vertex’s leadership in multiple industry standards organizations related to the technology, financial, and tax industries. John initially joined Vertex as its Chief Technology Officer to complete the introduction of its then-early market client/server offerings, while leading the efforts to architect its next generation global transactional system, known today as Vertex Indirect Tax O Series, an on-premise and cloud technology platform. John is active in the technology and industry analyst community associated with the global technology ecosystems, and he is responsible for business development and partner ventures. Prior to joining Vertex, John spent more than 15 years within Fortune 500 companies, focusing on comprehensive enterprise IT initiatives.