Eric Goodnight

My first job ever was mid-way through high school when I worked at a frozen custard shop in my hometown in northern Virginia, scooping custard, and making concretes and sandwiches.

My first job out of college was going from intern to junior account rep at a DOD-targeted marketing and PR agency. After relocating to New York (life-long dream, followed my college sweetheart-now-wife), I landed at a small healthcare technology startup doing a little bit of everything—marketing, sales, production, social media. The company was a participant in a former NYCEDC program that paired startups with the healthcare industry looking to pilot new healthcare tech. When the time came, NYCEDC was one of the first places I looked.

I joined at the end of the Bloomberg administration in May 2013 to support RFP marketing, the M/W/DBE program, and NYC Public Markets. Now, leading our department’s Operations group, I’m responsible for ensuring our team has the tools they need to work effectively and that our department processes and workflow are as efficient as possible. I oversee an all-star team that supports our management of NYCEDC’s web properties, our email marketing platform, and the project management workspace that enables our department to track and collaborate on dozens of simultaneous projects.