The founder of Emergent, Jesse is a recognized expert in business transformation, organizational change leadership, strategic communications, and stakeholder engagement for large, complex initiatives. He partners with Fortune 500 and mid-market companies across North America to deliver successful people and change strategies, supporting a range of business initiatives including organizational restructurings, technology deployments, shared service implementations, process re-engineering efforts, and mergers.
Jesse’s background includes nearly 20 years of management and strategy consulting experience, having led many engagements with Emergent, Booz & Company, and Accenture. His company is the creator of the Accelerating Change & Transformation Read more
The founder of Emergent, Jesse is a recognized expert in business transformation, organizational change leadership, strategic communications, and stakeholder engagement for large, complex initiatives. He partners with Fortune 500 and mid-market companies across North America to deliver successful people and change strategies, supporting a range of business initiatives including organizational restructurings, technology deployments, shared service implementations, process re-engineering efforts, and mergers.
Jesse’s background includes nearly 20 years of management and strategy consulting experience, having led many engagements with Emergent, Booz & Company, and Accenture. His company is the creator of the Accelerating Change & Transformation (ACT) model, and developer of three business transformation tools:
--Change Accelerator (www.ChangeAccelerator.com)
--Savvy Transition (www.SavvyTransition.com)
--TransformationReady (www.TransformationReady.com)
Prior to his consulting career, Jesse served as the Director of Marketing for Baltimore-based technology company COS, Inc., developing marketing strategies for their online product suite and supporting the company's growth through two rounds of venture funding, a five-fold organizational expansion, and positioning of the company for eventual acquisition.
Jesse holds an MBA from The Johns Hopkins University, as well as a Masters in Communications. He retains close ties with Johns Hopkins, serving as Vice President of the University's Alumni Council and a member of the Steering Committee for the Carey Business School Dean's Alumni Advisory Board.
He is the publisher of Emergent Journal and has contributed to third-party publications, including ProjectsAtWork, Forrester and SearchSAP.com.