OVER twenty-five years Jack has worked with hundreds of companies to foster growth and build valuation. Using the tools of strategy, he focuses on technology, operations, marketing, finance and, most importantly, people.
WE ARE experts at strategic planning.
WE WORK WITH YOU and your trusted advisors to increase the value of your business, sometimes in preparation for selling it.
EXTRICATING A COMPANY from a quagmire with a "quick-exit" strategy in whatever form is more costly than practicing an end game strategy, namely, preparing in advance for the next steps of a company's growth. A by-product of planning is increased valuation.
SUCCESS REQUIRES a game plan, practice in advance, the right people to support you, and implementation. The pay-off? A richer life in all ways for yourself, your family, your community - and your clients. The success game plan follows seven steps. They are simple, but not necessarily easy. Let’s work together to create your own strategic plan.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Jack was president and is treasurer of the Association of Professional Consultants, a professional organization with a Code of Ethics. Jack is Secretary and Treasurer of the Orange County Chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning. Jack is chair of the Orange County Workforce Investment Board's Economic and Workforce Intelligence Committee. The EWIC committee updates the industrial cluster information for Orange County, California, and plans for growth, especially in high tech, high growth companies. The Workforce Investment Board manages the flow of Department of Labor investments into Orange County workforce development. The EWIC committee also facilitates Orange County's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) process. The CEDS Committee participates in the management of the flow of Department of Commerce economic development investments into Orange County. Jack directed the TriTech SBDC. During his tenure TriTech garnered more than $37 million of economic impact for the tech community in Southern California. Jack was president of the Job Development Council, Inc., which focuses on economic development in Orange County.
TEACHING AND FACILITATING
Over fifteen years with University of California Irvine Extension, Jack taught hundreds of CEOs and Managers how to create a strategic plan, and, most importantly, how to implement it with their teams. Jack lectured on strategy at California State University Fullerton, University California Irvine, Concordia University, Rancho Sanitago Community College, and taught strategy for five years in the MBA program at the University of Phoenix.
SPEAKING
Jack has spoken at conferences for the following organizations:
Harvard Business School Alumni of Orange County Entrepreneur's Conference
American Society for Training and Development OC Annual Conference
Institute of Management Consultants Reno Confab
Association of Professional Consultants Annual Conference
Medical Marketing Association.
BOARDS of DIRECTORS
Association of Professional Consultants, President
Association for Strategic Planning Orange County, Treasurer
Tech Coast Venture Network, Executive Board
Job Development Council, Inc, President
Volunteer Center of Orange County, Vice President for Strategic Planning, Treasurer
Dorland Mountain Art Colony, Treasurer.
ADVISORY BOARDS
Orange County Workforce Investment Board, Executive Committee
Labor Market Information Committee, Past Chair
Economic and Workforce Intelligence Committee, Chair
Orange County Comprehensive Economic Development Committee, Past Chair
Orange County Overall Economic Development Strategy Committee, Past Chair
MEMBERSHIPS
Jack has been a member of:
Orange Coast Venture Group
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Health Physics Society
American Society for Quality Control
Institute of Environmental Sciences
Air Pollution Control Association
California Council for Excellence.
PROFESSIONAL
Jack is editor of STRATEGY newsletter and hosts the Mixner Strategy blog. Jack received Certificates in Auditing Good Manufacturing Practice from the Stat-a-Matrix Institute and in Biotechnology from The Center for Professional Advancement. Jack earned the National Association of Securities Dealers Series 7 and 63 securities licenses (now in-active). He earned the California Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Exemption Certificate from the California Food and Drug Administration (now in-active). Jack's BS is from Auburn University. His MBA is from Pepperdine University.