Monday, April 20, 2009

Jeffrey D. Zients - Chief Performance Officer Biography

Jeffrey D. Zients (Photos by Post and AP)

Jeffrey D. Zients (Photos by Post and AP)		On April 18, 2009 during his weekly address President Obama announced his intention to nominate a new Deputy Director of Management and Chief Performance Officer, Jeffrey Zients. If confirmed, Zients will fill a position first offered to management consultant Nancy Killefer, who withdrew from consideration in early February amid revelations about her personal income taxes.
Jeff (born c. 1966) has 20 years of business experience as a CEO, management consultant, and entrepreneur with a understanding of business strategy, process reengineering, and financial management.

Zients began his career in management consulting at Bain & Company and Mercer Management Consulting, where he focused on developing strategies and improving operations of Fortune 1000 companies.

After management consulting, He served as the Chairman of the Board of The Advisory Board Company and Chairman of the Board of The Corporate Executive Board Company. These two firms are leading providers of performance benchmarking and best practices across a wide range of industries, assisting senior executives at over 5,000 businesses to improve the efficiency of their operations. From June 2001 to November 2004 and January 2000 to April 2001, respectively. From July 1998 to June 2001, he served as Chief Executive Officer and from 1996 to July 1998 he served as Chief Operating Officer of The Advisory Board Company.
Both companies were established by Washington business legend David Bradley and they made Zientz and Bradley multimillionaires.

Zients also played a key role in luring Major League Baseball back to Washington and partnered with a group of investors that failed to win ownership of the Washington Nationals.

Mr. Zients currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Revolution Health, a holding company investing in consumer-driven healthcare, Best Practices, a provider of emergency medicine outsourcing services, and Timbuk2 Designs, a messenger bag and apparel retailer.		Jeffrey Zients

The Honorable Jeffrey Zients CIGIE Executive Chair (Photo by CIGIE)
He was a member of the board of directors of XM Satellite Radio until its 2008 merger.

Jeff is the Founder and Managing Partner of Portfolio Logic, an investment firm focusing primarily in business and healthcare services companies, and an active member of several corporate boards in diverse industries including consumer products, communications and healthcare.

He also co-founded The Urban Alliance Foundation, a non-profit organization that partners with corporations to provide economically disadvantaged youth with year-round paid internships, adult mentors and job training.

Jeff is a native of Kensington, Maryland and graduated summa cum laude from Duke University with a degree in Political Science, he lives in Washington D.C. with his wife, Mary and their 4 kids.

The President decided to make the Deputy Director for Management the government’s first Chief Performance Officer.

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