Christopher Jolie

Christopher Jolie is the Chief Financial Officer at Applause, managing the corporate areas of Finance & Accounting, IT and Business Applications & Systems. Chris is focused on delivering business oversight, strategic financial planning and process improvement to drive improved business performance and profitability across Applause.

Prior to joining Applause, Chris worked at NTT DATA Services, a top five global IT service provider. During his 17+ year tenure at NTT DATA, Chris held several high-profile roles including head of corporate financial planning & analysis, CFO of the Healthcare & Life-Science divisions and, most recently, CFO of the Manufacturing division. While at NTT Data Services, Chris played an active role in the NTT DATA acquisition of Keane, Inc., multiple M&A activities and financial oversight of $500M+ divisions. Prior to NTT DATA Services, Chris spent three years with Deutche Bank in the firm’s international equities group.

Chris received his Bachelor’s degree from Gordon College in 2000.