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Jeffrey B. Walker

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Founding Partner at JAMA LLC
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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  • ZRG Partners
    Managing Director
    ZRG Partners
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
    - Managing Director of Financial Services and Technology Services Group for the Americas. Focused on management consulting, business services and technology service across both the Financial Services and Private Equity sectors. - Providing world class talent capabilities including executive search, Interim placement and professional search. - Delivering to clients an end-to-end Talent planning and performance management suite of services using our proprietary integrated global.
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    Founding Partner
    JAMA LLC
    Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 7 months)
    - Jeff is Founding Partner and provides Strategic advisory services to Founders/CEO's of privately held IT (SaaS) AI platform firms, Digital technology firms, including Fintech and Regtech SaaS software firms. - Jeff also provides sell side strategy advisory services for founders of technology firms, providing them insights, developing and executing their M&A exit strategy and capital raise objectives. - Jeff has worked with numerous PE and Family Office firms across the US in providing introducing them to Newco acquisition opportunities that align with their strategic portfolio and growth objectives.
  • KPMG
    Senior Partner- FS Strategic Innovation Leader
    KPMG
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 (3 years 1 month)
    - Jeff led KPMG SGI-IT (Strategic Growth Initiative) innovation consulting group as a firm wide priority growth area for the Financial Services and Banking practice. - Responsibilities included developing the appropriate Digital Transformation, IT, (AI), Machine Learning, Data and Process Optimization solutions as a key area of new client and revenue growth. In addition. - Jeff worked closely with large Financial Services and PE firms building C-suite relationships and developing relevant solution offerings to achieve client objectives.
  • Ernst & Young
    Senior Partner- FS National Banking Practice
    Ernst & Young
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2013 (4 years 1 month)
    - Jeff was Ernst & Young FS Senior Partner. He was leader of EY's Consulting Banking Practice for the Americas and responsible for managing and directing the executive leadership team within the practice. - Jeff was in charge of building the advisory banking practice as well as increasing market share across global banks and major financial services organizations. - Client initiatives included Digital Transformation, IT, Operations, Risk, Compliance (AML,KYC), Third-Party Vendor Management program, Procurement/Supply Chain).
  • Morgan Stanley
    Operations Officer-Banking
    Morgan Stanley
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 year 1 month)
    - Jeff was at Morgan Stanley as an Executive Operations Officer. As a Bank Ops Officer of Morgan Stanley's new national bank entity, - Jeff was responsible for leading their senior team across all new build initiatives within the bank, including Operations, IT, Finance, Data, Legal & Compliance. - Integration with MS Technology group, aligning with MS Bank growth initiatives including M&A and acquisition strategy.
  • accenture
    Executive Partner – IT BPO Managed Services
    accenture
    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008 (4 years 1 month)
    Jeff was a Partner within Accenture's Global BPO Managed Services Consulting Practice. Jeff helped to lead initiatives in Enterprise functions including IT, Supply Chain, Finance, Global Delivery, Enterprise-wide functions, providing leadership within Accenture's BPO organization in successful completion of complex global outsource Managed Services agreements with leading Global 250 organizations. Working extensively with Client C-suite in understanding the client's organizational objectives, strategic priorities, budget challenges, competitive pressures and evolving business process dynamics. Developing and applying the appropriate business solutions that will deliver and align to the client's global business strategy and business objectiv
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    Executive EVP
    Personnel Group of America
    Jan 1998 - Jan 2003 (5 years 1 month)
    Jeff was executive officer and led all aspects of the PGA Staffing Group's Eastern US regions consisting of 35 branch staffing locations across the top 10 Eastern MSA's. The strategic objective was to significantly grow top line revenue across the US firm (35 locations) and in in parallel execute an acquisition, integration and roll up strategy to scale an IT and Accounting outsource services firm. Including to significantly increase revenue and new client acquisition, integrate all back office and enterprise functions to reduce operating costs, improve EBIT as part of growth strategy. Results included execution of 10 acquisitions over 6 years successfully integrating the new firms while capturing front to back-office cost optimization and
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    National Sales Leader
    Olsten Staffing Services
    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998 (2 years 1 month)
    As Leader of National Accounts Practice. Jeff was responsible for working across Olsten's national footprint of 1500 offices to drive new Enterprise strategic relationships with clients. Worked with Olsten Sales Management team to identify and target specific client profiles that would demonstrate appropriate ROI to the client to move toward large regional or national staffing MSA's. One example is GE. Olsten had business with GE across 5-6 different geographies with large recurring projects. We put together a winning strategy to approach GE, service and support their enterprise wide needs across Olsten's network which lead to a large national contract (MSA) with $ 20 M plus revenue with consistent pricing, SLA's, and more importantly moved
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    President Southern Leader/ Midwest Regional Leader
    Spherion/Norrell
    Jan 1988 - Jan 1994 (6 years 1 month)
    As Norrell Staffing Midwest Regional Director, Jeff grew the Midwest from 3 locations to 12 and grew sales from $3 Million to $12 Million in revenue. Locations included Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Lansing, and Dayton, Ohio. Jeff was responsible for launching and growing the Midwest region, including hiring and managing a senior team to develop a more strategic regional account sales focus, responsible for revenue and growing strategic account portfolio percentage of sales and integrating large accounts into a national pursuit approach and scaling larger deal size and national account opportunities. Jeff was President of Norrell Corp South Carolina staffing region, where he grew the business from start up to $4 Million
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    Sales and Sales Mgt Leader
    LM Berry & Company
    Jan 1986 - Jan 1988 (2 years 1 month)
    Jeff joined LM Berry as Southeast sales representative and was promoted in 1985 to Regional Sales Mgt. in the Southeast regional territory. Responsible for sales objectives and sales market revenue campaign objectives and successful completion of the annual sales targets for each client campaign. Advisory Boards: Ettain Solutions: $120 Million IT services solution firm with locations across Mid Atlantic & Southeast. Jeff helped the board to advise and lead the CEO/CFO on sale to Private Equity firm, providing capital for accelerated organic and inorganic investment. Optoglo Systems: Start Up Venture Technology Product Company. Five patents awarded and four patents pending for the manufacturing of Digital/Illuminated lighting technology