Eric Arthur Kriss (born 1949) is an American business executive. He served as Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts in Governor Mitt Romney's cabinet (January 2003 – October 2005), and previously as Assistant Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts under Governor William Weld (January 1991 – February 1993).

He was a co-founder of Bain Capital, the founder and CEO of MediVision, the CEO of MediQual Systems, and also founded Workmode and Kriss Motors. He taught at the Herbert Business School of the University of Miami.

During the 1970s he was professionally involved in the music industry.

Kriss grew up in California. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Amherst College in 1971 and his MBA from University of Chicago, in 1979.

In 1976, Kriss played piano on two tracks of Mike Bloomfield's If You Love These Blues, Play 'Em As You Please, and produced the album, which was nominated for a Grammy Award.

In the mid-1970s Kriss launched the instructional-book and record division of Guitar Player magazine. In 1976 he co-founded Inner City Records, which was voted the Record Label of the Year in the 1979 International Jazz Critics Poll.

During the 1970s Kriss also wrote several books on music, including Beginning Blues Piano (1970), Barrelhouse and Boogie Piano (1973), and Six Blues-Roots Pianists (1973).

In 1983 Kriss founded and was CEO of MediVision, a network of eye surgery centers.