Ed joined NativState in 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Over the past 25 years, Ed has held enterprise leadership roles in Dallas, New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Little Rock and Denver. He’s led a wide variety of operation, sales, marketing and talent leadership roles working with many major brands including, Accenture, AT&T, Constellation, Chase Bank, Citibank, Dell Computer, General Mills, HP, IBM, McKinsey Consulting, P&G, SAS, TNAA, Unilever, Viasat Satellite Communications and others.
Born and raised in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Ed completed his undergraduate degree in Data Processing Quantitative Analysis from the University of Arkansas, Sam Walton School of Business (Fayetteville, AR) and his graduate degree from New York University, Leonard Stern School of Business (NYC, NY). Ed and his wife, Tammy, have two kids and live in Bentonville, Arkansas.