Our Management Team
John P. Polito
President and CEO
John Polito, co-founder of Enterprise Iron offers business and system solution services to the financial and retirement industries providing knowledge and support to corporations competing in both domestic and global markets. Enterprise Iron helps clients determine critical paths and cost efficiencies, provides operational and account support, manages compliance regulation requirements, and coordinates system enhancements and technical development services. "We strive to be a sentinel in the financial and retirement industry, providing services to firms we trust with our money by ensuring their operation policies are in compliance, technology is cutting edge, and products and services are accurate, enabling individuals to make knowledgeable and confident decisions when investing their money."
John began his career 25 years ago at Morgan Stanley where he specialized in management and technology consulting. For years he experienced corporations giving their IT Departments full reign to invest in the latest software and system platforms with hopes of gaining a competitive edge and increasing profits. "It became clear that while companies were investing in the latest technology, they were not experiencing the desired outcome since adding software and technology was just part of the equation." John understood that in order to gain a competitive edge, you first needed to define your business strategy, structure your end-to-end business management and truly understand your products and services in order to differentiate yourself from the competitor - knowing this was the other half of the equation, John started Enterprise Iron.
Over the years, John’s ability to understand the changing industry and predict the needs of the market gave him the insight needed to hire key people who are experts in their field and began building consulting services that would allow financial and retirement firms to meet their goals.
John lives in New Jersey with his family and is a graduate of Rutgers University of New Jersey. He holds certifications with Cannon Financial Institute, the Institute of Certified Bankers, the Project Management Institute, and serves on the board of directors of several offshore corporations.
John R. Crocker
Managing Partner and COO
John R. Crocker, co-founder of Enterprise Iron, has worked for over two decades in information technology, in a variety of industries including finance, insurance, real estate and utilities. His primary career focus has been architecting technology systems that integrate smoothly into both client-side and back office operations.
John's initial involvement with the internet began in the late 1980s, when he worked on some of the initial RFCs and protocols that govern the technology. He assisted in the formation of several companies during the dot-com boom, engineered (among other things) some of the first eCommerce sites, bill pay sites, and insurance sites. He consulted with a variety of Fortune 500 companies throughout the course of the 1990s.
Immediately prior to Enterprise Iron, he held the position of Managing Director of eBusiness Strategy for the Merrill Lynch Global Private Client Group. In that role he started an intensive focus on the interface between multinational finance technology and international compliance laws and regulations.
John graduated with high honors with a BA in Economics from the University of Montana, and is a member of the Asia Society, ISOC (Internet Society), ISSA (Information Systems Security Association), and the Unicode Consortium. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the First Tee of Monmouth County, NJ.
Bert Deardorff
Partner – Retirement Operations & Technology
Bert is a 24 year veteran in the financial services field. An expert on the RIA and TPA markets, he has more than 24 years of experience in trust, qualified plans, brokerage and banking operations. Prior to joining Enterprise Iron he was an Executive Vice President with a national IT consulting company. He worked managing and directing multi-level teams providing IT and management expertise to top trust and investment companies.
Prior to a career in the consulting field, Bert was a Vice President with Fiserv Trust Services in Denver, CO. Bert gained valuable expertise in the development of new service products for Fiserv. In his 21 years at Fiserv, he developed and delivered services for the Registered Investment Advisory Market, Third Party Administration Market, Brokerage and Banking markets. These products gained over 15 billion dollars in new assets for Fiserv Trust Services.
Bert joined Fiserv in 1986 and worked in a variety of capacities, including Vice President of Bank Trust and Wealth Management, Vice President of Recordkeeping Services, Director of Technology, Regional Sales Manager, and Corporate Operations Auditor.
Prior to joining Fiserv Trust, Bert was a registered representative with a national brokerage firm.
Bert is a graduate of Iowa State University.
Lou Mottola
Partner – Brokerage Operations
Mr. Mottola has over 30 years of back and middle office experience on Wall Street. He started his career as an operational cashier working for Murphy and Durieu. As a Vice President at Smith New Court, he was in charge of the firm’s International and Domestic operations. He was also involved in developing the firm’s Latin American Settlement Operations during the region’s rapid expansion in 1993. Lou was later hired as a Vice President by Santander Investments, the U.S. brokerage arm of Banco Santander, to help establish the firm’s U.S operations, which included writing manuals for the NYSE and NASD. He played a critical role in the firm’s success in gaining approval to operate in the United States as a Broker Dealer. Since joining Enterprise Iron, Lou has used his Wall Street experience to develop relationships with some of the largest firms in the financial services industry.
Lou resides in Central New Jersey with his family and is involved in youth sports in the local community.
Bob Rodgers
Partner – Strategy & Practices
Bob has over 20 years of experience in professional services. For the last 5 years he served as Vice President within Computer Associates (CA) Services’ Strategy & Global Practices organization. In this role he was responsible for managing services team members and cross-functionally (e.g. Sales, Marketing, Development) to bring to market the solution best practices that enables customers to extract the maximum value from their investment in CA Technologies.
Prior to joining CA Bob held a number of leadership roles in the technology services industry including 5 years with Compuware Corporation where he started the New York Services office. Based on the success of that program he was promoted to Director, North American Product Services.
Bob’s broad business & technology background enables him to support a wide array of customer requirements, but he specializes in Quality Assurance, Application Development, Performance Optimization, System Migrations and Modernizations.
Bob earned his Bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University. He resides in Central Jersey where he and his wife (Lisa) stay active raising their two children and supporting a variety of community youth sports and educational programs.