John Jennings
Experience Working As A Leader In Organizations:
- 24 years in IT Leadership with Fortune 500 organizations.
- Executive leader in a mid-sized privately held tech firm focused on providing services to the Federal Government.
- Built a commercial business unit from the ground up, growing it to $9 million in just three years.
- Recognized as a turn-around leader, taking underperforming teams and raising their performance to new levels.
- Recognized as a strategic thinker and advisor to C-suite throughout his career.
Coaching And Facilitation Background:
- Began his coaching and training practice in 2018, after 30+ years in Fortune 500, SMB and a Venture Backed healthcare startup.
- Recognized speaker, blogger, teacher, trainer, facilitator and coach.
- Entrepreneur mentor with several start-up accelerators and entrepreneurship programs.
- Leader in every aspect of life: professionally, at church, in Boy Scouts, with non-profits and in his family.
Relevant Business Experience:
- Has effectively transformed teams that were not meeting their goals. For example, one team was only achieving their Service Level Agreement (SLA) 65% of the time. After a few months of his leadership, the team raised their performance without any additional funding, and reached SLA attainment of 95%.
- Built several teams of high-performing individuals to tackle the most challenging and advanced topics for his company.
- Recognized leader in Healthcare and IT business sectors.
- Has led software development, Information Services, IT Architecture, Engineering, product development, business development, operations, and sales & marketing.
- Experienced in curriculum development and training delivery, partnering with HR and Operations in several environments to develop programs that drove improved performance throughout the organization.
Education And Training:
- Master’s in Business Administration.
- Licensed Navigational Conversations Facilitator.
- Certified FocalPoint Business Coach & Trainer.
- Center for Creative Leadership – Leadership Development Program & Looking Glass Experience.
- Numerous technical and project management training and certifications.