Eric Wilson has spent the last 20 years as a software developer and solutions architect, with the last five years focused on management and leadership roles. He is currently a development manager for World Ventures, a global membership and travel services company, where he is responsible for all membership services and systems. He has a deep understanding of how to build performant software systems from the ground up and, more important, how to build highly functional teams through servant leadership.
Eric has worked in a variety of industries during his career and enjoys the technical challenges that building new systems provide. His biggest reward, however, is not in seeing these systems built but in seeing the synergy and teamwork of the builders.
Eric has worked in prison ministries for the more than two decades. For the past several years, he has served as chairman of the Prison Ministry Council at Prestonwood Baptist Church, where he is also a deacon. He has witnessed to men individually, going cell to cell, and led small-group Bible studies in the prison chapel. He has acted as unit coordinator for prison-wide evangelical outreaches involving more than 100 volunteers. He also works with men who are seeking to re-acclimate to society after prison, helping them with life skills and their relationships with Christ.
Eric will be inducted into the Merv Tarde Values in Leadership Circle at the Dallas/Fort Worth Technology Prayer Breakfast on Oct. 5, 2018.
Another faithful brother in Christ who took the word of God and applied it to the whole community passed on. I am sure you all heard something in the news the week of the August 25th that shared a snipet of the man, John Reaves (Smokey). Tuesdays at the restaurant were not just iconic because a black man had a bible study but because this was a mini church where people of every race, every stage of life and every economic level showed up to worship Jesus and to hear a word of encouragement. Smokey is not dead, but very much alive in the lives of those men he mentored.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/he-still-lives-friends-remember-life-of-bbq-master-smokey-john-reaves/287-eb770935-df65-4e56-85ce-e76e9ad9ae6d
Eric Wilson is the real deal. He came into the prison and fed those who were hungry…spirituality as well as literally. Many times there were other things that Eric could have done with his time, but he sacrificed his time to make sure some broken-hearted men’s needs were met.
I’ll never forget how eager Many men were to attend the monthly Men of Honor class facilitated by Eric. Thank you, Eric, for always bringing the Prestonwood men to minister to us. May your cup continue to overflow with blessings.