FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rebecca Amesbury, Vice
President
Telephone:
954-566-4647
Fax: 954-252-2445
skillstorm promotes jim jackson to chief operating
officer
San
Diego, California (January 15, 2009)
– SkillStorm has promoted Jim Jackson to the position of Chief Operating
Officer, effective immediately. With
more than 35 years of experience in the Information Technology, Aerospace,
Government, Distribution, Automotive, Energy and Utilities, Financial Services,
Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Transportation and Telecommunications
industries, he is responsible for the design,
operation and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the company's
services; his primary focus is operations improvement. He also oversees corporate support and
business alliances, providing management
support for Contracts, Human Resources, Information Technology, Information
Systems, Legal, Procurement, Real Estate, Security, Corporate Reporting and
overall policies, procedures and corporate control functions. Jackson is based out of the SkillStorm
corporate
headquarters office, located in San Diego, California.
“Jim is an integral part of SkillStorm’s
success,” said SkillStorm CEO Vince Virga.
“With his proven, long-standing track record and strong business acumen,
we have no doubt that he will do a great job in this new role, improving the
overall efficiency, productivity and performance of processes, functions and personnel.
We are thrilled to promote Jim to this
critical position and have the utmost confidence in him.”
Prior to his promotion, Jackson
was the Vice President, Project Services for Enterprise Project Services, a
division of SkillStorm, a role in which he was responsible for the development
and growth of SkillStorm by integrating the Enterprise Project Services division
into the company. He was also in charge
of management consulting, focusing on project management services and business
and technical solutions for clients.
Jackson previously served as Vice
President, Chief Information Officer of a global manufacturer of packaging
products where he was the primary strategic leader responsible for defining and
implementing a new Information Technology architecture and core infrastructure
to support the company’s goals, providing revenue growth of over $600 million
in 5 years.
Jackson
has owned his own management consulting company; he managed teams of client
staff and outside consultants over multiple projects, while controlling budgets
and schedules to meet business goals and objectives. Jackson successfully built and operated the
company for over 12 years, providing Distribution and Logistics Systems
Integration services. He also served as
Management Consultant, Project Manager, Business Analyst and Systems Integrator
during his time with the company.
Jackson
has been recognized for his accomplishments through various awards. He was the recipient of an industry award for
superior leadership and strategic direction and was also honored as one of
Computerworld’s Top 100 CIOs in 2002.
Jackson
gives back to the community through numerous charitable and civic
organizations. On a continuous basis, he
makes financial contributions to the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society,
the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the
Cure, the American Heart Association and the Humane Society. Jackson participated in a 5k Walk/ Run for
the MS Society. He also served as the
Support Group Coordinator for the organization.
Jackson
is a Project Management Professional (PMP).
He also holds a Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) and is a Six Sigma
Champion.
Jackson studied
Computer Science and Mathematics at Oregon State University.
About SkillStorm
SkillStorm
provides diversified technical services to various organizations
nationwide. The company specializes in
project management consulting, outsourcing and staff augmentation solutions
within the areas of Information Technology and Engineering. SkillStorm has an impressive client list,
which includes many elite Fortune 500 customers.
SkillStorm
has also received many highly regarded national and state awards. Most recently, SkillStorm won the San Diego
Better Business Bureau (BBB) 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, received Orlando Business Journal’s 2008 Outstanding Small Business Award, was
named one of the 2008 Best Places to Work in South Florida by the South Florida Business Journal and ranked
# 2 on San Diego Daily Transcript’s
Staffing Firms List for 2008. Other
accolades include being named one of the 2007 Best Places to Work in Central
Florida by the Orlando Business Journal,
being awarded the 2006 Governor’s Entrepreneurship Award in Florida’s Mega Market,
winning South Florida Business
Journal's 2006 Technology Award in the Professional Services Category and ranking as the
13th Fastest Growing New Company in America in 2006 on Entrepreneur
Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Hot 100 List.
SkillStorm has 14 offices throughout the United States, including our
corporate office in San Diego, CA. Other
office locations include: Bradenton, FL; Carlsbad, CA; Charleston, SC;
Charlotte, NC; Dallas, TX; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Indianapolis, IN; Metro
Washington, D.C.; Pasadena, CA; Sierra Vista, AZ; Tampa,
FL; and two in Orlando, FL.
For more information on SkillStorm,
please visit us on the Web at www.SkillStorm.com.