Kwame Jackson C.V.
Education:
1998-2000 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, BOSTON MA
Master in Business Administration.
Awarded HBS John F. Lebor "Entrepreneurial/New Ventures" Fellowship
1992-1996 KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL HILL, NC
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Awarded Kenan-Flagler Business School Leadership Excellence Award
Elected President of Black Business Students Alliance
UNC Dean's List Honoree.
Experience:
LEGACY HOLDINGS LLC, NEW YORK, NY & WASHINGTON, DC
4/04-present Chairman & Co-Founder, Private Investment Firm
- Sourced and Structured Leverage Buy Outs, Real Estate Acquisition & Development opportunities
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.NEW YORK, NY
5/01-9/03 Associate, Investment Management Division - Private Wealth Management
- Manage assets for High Net-worth Individuals, Families, and Foundations.
7/00-4/01 Associate, Investment Management Division - Goldman Sachs Wealth Management
- Co-managed and executed the first "Group Sales" deal at Goldman.com, approximate asset value $250M.
- Created and managed Client Tracking Model to aggregate and analyze client response activity across channels.
- Developed and managed the Goldman.com "VIP" beta-test experience for the top 40 Goldman Sachs executives.
- Participated in: Private Wealth Management "Client Conversion" initiative, employee/client beta-test and site
launch, client direct mail campaign, lead management and optimization, client assessment, acquisition budget.
OUR BUS - (concurrent with MBA) BOSTON, MA
2/00-5/00 Interim Vice President, Sales & Marketing
- Beta-launched a blended media portal that converges local radio and the internet to target African-Americans.
- Developed marketing strategy to position and brand the site
- Conducted negotiations with content partners.
MASCOT NETWORK - (concurrent with MBA) CAMBRIDGE, MA
9/99-1/00 Strategy Consultant
- Conducted HBS research analysis to develop a new market entry strategy for a vertical portal/ISP service.
- Researched and developed extensive database for analyzing and segmenting the college internet market.
5/99-8/99 Sales Director
- Co-Launched a start-page and higher education enterprise portal service for the college internet market.
- Developed and executed strategic selling plans to sign initial launch schools for Fall '99 rollout.
- Managed campus implementation process and provided key client feedback to "Bus-Dev" and Marketing teams.
PROCTER & GAMBLE CHARLOTTE, NC
1997-1998 Regional Account Manager, Customer Business Development - Food and Beverage Sector
- Built brand volume (+10%) and share (+4%) on sector brands using Efficient Consumer Response principles.
- Performed market share/revenue gap analysis resulting in 70% increase in shelf-space
- Allocated $6mm Brand Development Fund to develop promotions and local/ethnic marketing programs.
- Executed product introductions: Pringles "Fat Free" w/Olestra, Ivory Moisture Care, Aleve, Crest Multicare
1996-1997 Account Manager, Customer Business Development - Health and Beauty Sector
- Developed and executed Customer Business Plan resulting in 70% increase in annual sales.
- Leveraged information technology/consumer data (IRI/Nielsen) to analyze purchasing patterns.
- Benchmarked optimal location and layout of future stores based on consumer demographic/psychographic data
1995, 1994 summer Sales Representative/Account Executive Intern, Sales - Health and Beauty/Soap Sector
- Developed and implemented retail strategies to increase in-store presence and build brand volume/share
- Performed Efficient Consumer Response, Category Management, and Efficient Assortment analysis.
Other:
- Conversant in French
- Enjoys history and weight training
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