IT Woman of the Year Nominee:

Carol B. Wright

VP and Principal Consultant
Enterprise Solutions, Inc.

Carol has over thirty years of senior level corporate management, systems management and consulting experience. Her career focus has been on information technology and corporate operations, and her experience covers the spectrum from hands-on technical work through executive level management. 

Originally trained at IBM Corporation, she spent five years as a Systems Engineer, consulting with clients in the field.  She was then recruited by Information Associates, Inc., a niche provider of administrative software solutions, where she was responsible for all of the information technology used worldwide to develop, maintain and deliver IA’s software.  During her tenure with IA, she helped grow the company from 30 employees to over 400 and she participated in four complete ownership transitions while providing seamless systems delivery service to clients.  At Frontier Corporation, Carol was responsible for the applications systems for all of the telephone and telecommunications companies within the corporation as it transitioned from a regulated enterprise to a competitive commercial telecommunications services provider.

In 1993 she joined a 50-50 Partnership to form Enterprise Solutions, Inc. and has run the IT Consulting practice for the past 15 years.  She performs IT strategy and selection projects, implements selected systems with clients, trains personnel and management in the use of technology and links technology into the day-to-day business operations of her clients.  

Carol holds a BA degree in Economics from Wellesley College and an MBA from the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester where she was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business school honor society.  She has served as an advisor on systems issues for manufacturing, health care, higher-education and telecommunications groups and has spoken at many seminars and conferences. 

She is a past board member of APICS, holds a Certified Quality Auditor certification from the American Society for Quality, is an RAB certified ISO 9001:2000 auditor and is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners.  Recently, Carol obtained certifications in ISO 13485 (medical devices), FDA regulations and good manufacturing practices.  She has spoke at national ASQ, IIE and ISO conferences throughout the United States.