Senior Vice President, Skills Certification

As senior vice president, skills certification, for the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), Terry Erdle is responsible for the association’s global certifications programs, including product development and delivery, partnership relationships and cooperation with the education and training communities.

Before joining CompTIA in 2008, Mr. Erdle was the president and chief executive officer of Jones Knowledge Group, a $30 million privately-held training company and accredited university. He was responsible for consolidating five separate knowledge services businesses into a cohesive group. He also played an active leadership role in the areas of sales, marketing and program development.

From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Erdle held several senior executive positions for Sun Microsystems, Inc. He began his career at Sun as vice president and general manager, Sun Education and Knowledge Services; served as senior vice president, worldwide marketing, services and solutions; and was senior vice president, global services sales and managed services practice.

Mr. Erdle also has held executive and senior sales, marketing and business development positions with Information Handling Services, Autotrol Technology, Mattel Toys and Lockheed Martin.

Mr. Erdle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Philosophy from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado; and Master of Science-Computer Science degree from Oxford University, Oxford, England.