Eric Ratts is an analyst on the Enterprise Architecture (EA) team who works with CIOs, CxOs, and EA leaders to align business strategy, operating models, and technology investments to measurable business outcomes. He is recognized for helping organizations establish and mature high‑impact EA functions that improve decision making, modernize application and technology portfolios, and govern disruptive technologies such as AI at enterprise scale.
Exemplary topics he covers include Business Capability Modeling and Outcome‑Driven Enterprise Architecture (BODEA), Creating and Communicating Technology Strategy, EA Operating Models and Maturity, Application and Platform Modernization, Enterprise AI Strategy and Governance, EA Talent and Skills Development, and Translating Emerging Technology Trends into Actionable Roadmaps.
Eric Ratts is an enterprise architecture and technology strategy leader with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations modernize, reduce complexity, and align technology investments to business outcomes. His background spans healthcare, technology services, retail, education, and consulting, where he has led transformation initiatives, built architecture functions, and guided executives through large-scale change.
Across his career, he has held senior leadership roles responsible for enterprise architecture, technology strategy, digital transformation, governance, and operating model design. He has built and matured enterprise architecture programs, created future-state technology visions, developed multi-year roadmaps, and established governance frameworks that improve alignment, accountability, and decision quality. His work has included current-state assessments, business capability modeling, integration modernization, cost optimization, and technology portfolio rationalization.
As a consultant and advisor, Eric has partnered with C-suite leaders to assess current-state environments, define enterprise architecture vision and success measures, prioritize strategic initiatives, and support transformation planning. His responsibilities have also included merger and acquisition due diligence, post-acquisition integration planning, executive communications, and establishing guardrails for technology decisions.
His leadership approach is grounded in transparency, accountability, authenticity, and a focus on meaningful business impact. He is known for bringing clarity to complex environments, keeping teams focused on priorities, and building practical strategies that are both ambitious and executable.
Flexential, Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture, 3 years
Self Employed, Enterprise Architecture and Management Consultant, 2 years
Centura Health, Vice President, Office of the CIO, 1 years
Optum, Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture, 2 years
Hackensack Meridian Health, Vice President, Chief Enterprise Architect, 1 years
The Schwan Food Company, Director, Enterprise Architecture, 2 years
Sports Authority, Director, IS Architecture, 4 years
Cigna, Enterprise Architect, 7 years
Head of Enterprise Architecture Leadership and Personal Effectiveness
Enterprise Architecture Operating Model
Enterprise Architecture's Role in IT Architecture
Enterprise Architecture's Role in Emerging Technologies, Trends and Markets
BCJ with a minor in Information Systems, Louisiana State University
Enterprise Architecture Organization and Leadership
Creating and Communicating Technology Strategy
Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Governance
Enterprise Architecture Assessments
Modernization and Transformation