John J. Higginson

Greater Chicago Area United States

Chief Technology Officer at Enova International

Technology / Software / Internet

CTO, CIO, senior technologist. Started career as a software developer and development manager. Became EVP of Technology for Applied Systems, a privately-held software development and services company, in 1997 where we built the first cloud solution and real-time trading systems for the insurance industry. Successfully sold the company for more than 16x EBITDA. Moved to FTD Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTD) in 2006 as EVP, Chief Technology Officer. FTD is a US$ 627M (2013 revenue) company offering flowers and gifts through eCommerce sites and a network of florists in North America, the U.K. and Ireland. FTD technology has has enabled the business to run one of the most heavily trafficked gift si...