Eric Vaughan

Eric Vaughan is an experienced technology and M&A executive recognized for his innovation in the enterprise technology space, and has led several other businesses within ESW Capital since 2017, becoming GFI’s CEO in 2021. Eric is focused on bringing the GFI team together to enable and empower its incredible, global partner organization to help continue to grow GFI as one of the leading IT tools organizations for SMB in the world.

As the previous founder and CEO of 3 software and services companies, Eric is well known throughout the industry as an innovator, architect, and developer of a number of software, hardware, and integration solutions. With extensive technology-M&A experience on both the buy and sell-side, Eric has led teams through the full cycle of activities for over 50 M&A transactions including public-company buyouts, private equity/venture capital sales, and several divestiture transactions from IBM, with direct integration and CxO accountabilities for the acquired businesses post-close.

Eric is a frequent and noted author in industry publications including featured columns for executives in the enterprise software industry, and is a highly regarded speaker and thought leader on IoT, Cloud Computing, telecommunications, and modernization of enterprise applications.

Outside of GFI, Eric has been an avid runner, completing 30 marathons and over 50 ultramarathons, including nine 100-mile endurance trail races.