Eric Kriss

Eric Arthur Kriss (born 1949) is a musician, writer and business executive who served as Secretary of Administration and Finance in Massachusetts Governor Romney's cabinet (January 2003 – October 2005), and as assistant A&F secretary under Governor William Weld (January 1991 – February 1993). Kriss currently is CEO of Workmode, Inc., a web applications developer that he founded in 1998.

In early 2005, Kriss was the first government official in the United States to publicly connect open document formats to a public policy purpose, and led the state's adoption of IT open standards.

In August 2006, Governor Romney and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board asked Kriss to lead a comprehensive review of the Turnpike following the ouster of Chairman Matthew J. Amorello and the collapse of a portion of the roof of the Ted Williams Tunnel. On October 19, 2006, Kriss recommended to the board that all tolls, except on airport tunnels, be eliminated. The board then voted to remove tolls west of the 128 toll plaza by June 30, 2007, essentially ending the Authority's original mission begun in 1952.

In 1984, Kriss helped launch Bain Capital, which now manages over $50 billion in assets. He was CEO of MediQual Systems (1993-98), a healthcare information company, and founder/CEO of MediVision (1983-1989), a network of eye surgery centers. In 2004, Kriss released [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00023DA20 Initial Public Offering] , an audio CD featuring original compositions and interpretations. He has also written three books on blues piano, as well as numerous articles, reviews, and anthologies. In 1976, Kriss produced and performed on Mike Bloomfield's [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00064VQQM If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em As You Please] , nominated for a Grammy Award.

See also

* Adoption of Open Document format in Massachusetts
* Bain & Company (consulting firm)
* Bain Capital
* Springfield Finance Control Board

External links

Music and Performing Arts
* [http://fairislepress.com/download.php?num=4 On Performance by Eric Kriss: Collected performing arts criticism and interviews from the 1970s - Fair Isle Press, 2006]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0825601444 Six Blues-Roots Pianists by Eric Kriss - Oak Publications, 1973] *
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/082560155X Barrelhouse & Boogie Piano by Eric Kriss - Oak Publications, 1973]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0825623537 Beginning Blues Piano by Eric Kriss - Acorn Music Press, 1977]

Business
* [http://www.inc.com/magazine/19930101/3341.html How to Survive the End of Inflation (Eric Kriss) - INC Magazine, January 1993]
* [http://www.inc.com/magazine/19981015/1091.html So You Want to be a CEO? (Eric Kriss) - INC Magazine, October 1998]
* [http://krissmotors.com/InevitableElectrics.pdf Inevitable Electrics (Eric Kriss) - 2008 white paper]

Government
* [http://mass.gov/Eeoaf/docs/FourthBranch.pdf Fourth Branch of Government (Eric Kriss) - February 2004]
* [http://mass.gov/Eeoaf/docs/OpenMindonOpenSource_June-23-2004.pdf Open Mind on Open Source (Eric Kriss presentation) - June 2004]
* [http://mass.gov/Eeoaf/docs/Comp_report_Final.pdf Executive and Management Compensation report - November 2004]
* [http://mass.gov/Eeoaf/docs/EcologyofGovernment.pdf Budget Imbalance (Eric Kriss) - CommonWealth Magazine, Winter 2004]
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/Turnpike_Taskforce_Report.pdf Kriss Report to Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board, October 2006]
* [http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071228120708816 ODF vs. OOXML: War of the Words - Eric Kriss, Peter Quinn and the ETRM, December 2007]