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Eric Wasowicz is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of RJE Group Inc. based in River Grove, Illinois. RJE Group is an electronic retailer of overstock goods that are sold through the website www.uwantsavings.com. The company was founded in July 2008.
Prior to RJE Group, Mr. Wasowicz was a Regional Vice President within Fujitsu Consulting, the North American consulting and services arm for Fujitsu Ltd. a $40.6-billion company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. He had responsibility for overseeing the Central Region of the United States and was a member of the US leadership team.
From 1984 to 2006 Mr. Wasowicz was the Co-CEO and co-founder of Greenbrier & Russel, Inc., a $55m IT Services company with over 400 employees, 9 offices and 17 training centers based in Schaumburg, Illinois. He successfully sold Greenbrier & Russel to Fujitsu in February 2006.
Mr. Wasowicz is a 1980 graduate of Northern Illinois University. He is on the board of Cole Taylor Bank, the board of advisors at Northern Illinois University's College of Business, the board of directors for the Illinois Technology Association, the Special Leisure Services Foundation, and serves as the Past Chair of The Windy City Chapter of the Young President's Organization. Mr. Wasowicz received Northern Illinois University's Distinguished Young Alumni award in 1999, the Illinois High Technology Award in 2000 and is a 2001 inductee into the University of Illinois at Chicago's Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
He and his family reside in Palatine, Illinois.