Summary of experience:

• 40 + years of management and consulting experience in diverse organizations:
• Solving management problems and facilitating change.
• Creating work environments that attract, retain and motivate talented people.
• Working with people at all levels, from front-line workers to boards of directors.
• Trained and experienced facilitator and coach.
• International and cross-cultural leadership and management experience.
• Author of Leadership at Your Fingertips and articles on leadership, management, and management consulting.

Positions:

• Jacobsen Consulting, Morgan Hill, CA
• 4/83 - present - Founder and Managing Principal


• Duty Free Shoppers Limited, Honolulu, Hong Kong and Tokyo
• 10/79 - 4/83 - Group (Corporate) VP, Personnel and Organizational Planning
• 4/80 - 6/80 - Acting President, Japan Division
• 3/76 - 10/79 - Personnel Manager, US Division, Honolulu, HI


• Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • 9/72 - 3/76 - Manager, Staff Development Services
  • 9/71 - 8/72 - Manager, Special Projects (Labor Relations)
  • 9/68 - 8/71 - Assistant Director, Personnel (Compensation)
  • 9/65 - 8/68 - Salary and Wage Coordinator
  • 5/63 - 8/65 - Employment Representative

Academic background:

• Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • AB: Economics, Minor: Industrial Engineering
  • Graduate Study, Social Sciences
  • Management Development Program, Graduate School of Business
• Continuing education and participation in professional development.

Professional & civic organizations (current and recent):

• Institute of Management Consultants (Director & Past President, NorCal Chapter)
• Professional And Technical Consultants Association (Senior Member)
• Chamber of Commerce of Sunnyvale, CA (Director and Past President)
• Sunnyvale School District Education Foundation (Director and Past President)

Professional designations and special honors:

• Certified Management Consultant, Institute of Management Consultants, USA (CMC)
• Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC) (one of 27 in the USA)

Special interests:

• Life-long learning, motorcycles, cars, camping, hiking, gardening, home improvement