Elias Olmeta

I’ve known and worked with Jack for over five years and along the way he’s been a mentor, friend and trusted advisor. We immediately clicked and we started working together upon my transition to a general management and leadership position as divisional CFO and COO of Solera Holdings, a software company.

He helped me to understand that leading an organization is not the same as leading individual teams. He also showed me how my assumptions (sometimes about life and people), behaviors, and in many cases, feelings, could have subtle yet profound impacts on the organization and those around me.
We’ve continued working together in my new role as CFO of Mitchell International, where we have focused on my onboarding and learning the ambiguities of a new culture. He’s been an invaluable guide and sounding board.

I couldn’t recommend Jack more highly. Few people have impacted my professional career the way he has. He tailored his approach and style (no cookie cutter stuff) to help me “see” and grow based on the areas I needed to explore and strengthen. In some cases even withholding information or observations until I was in a position or “ready” to learn and absorb them. That type of coaching can only happen upon reaching a deep level of trust coupled with the insight he attained from working for so many years in a professional environment and understanding ambiguities and pressures of senior leadership.