JL

Jeff Loehr

Reinvent, build, and grow your MSP. Relax. It's just business. (And, honestly, there's nothing wrong with it being fun.)

New York City Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2021

    Building and operating a company that helps Managed Service Prividers scale through education, templates and tools.

  • Founding Member / General Partner

    2015

    Founding member of Westchester Angels investment group. Some our portfolio companies include:

2018 - 2022

  • Yoga Instructor

    2018 - 2022

    Well, yoga teaching. I have this on here because it’s fun.

  • Chief Operating Officer / Chief Marketing Officer

    2019 - 2021

    Worked on improving and optimizing systems to support growth.

2013 - 2019

  • Principal, Strategy Practice Lead

    2013 - 2019

    At Stratist we help companies grow and reinvent themselves for the future. Consulting to help businesses grow: identify market opportunities and create projects to deliver results. Clients ranged from local businesses to startups to multinationals like BHP Billiton. I also created a digital marketing offering - because it was needed.

  • Managing Director Americas / COO

    2009 - 2013

    Grew this consulting business from a three person startup to a sustainable consulting business through hiring, mentoring and leading consultants to deliver high quality projects. Increased project capacity from one project to four concurrent projects and created and executed on plans to delver 50% to 100% annual revenue increases. Projects included strategy and innovation projects. We designed large-scale scenario strategies that prioritized M&A opportunities, guided investment decisions and informed organization design. Some results included 15% YOY growth, acquisitions to reach target production and earnings and a redesign of operations.

  • Board of Directors

    2007 - 2009

    A leader in the creation of a shared services office to drive down costs, improve service delivery and improve operations management. Developed a shared services operation aligned to operating needs. Led initiative to create shared metrics with operations.

  • General Manager Business Development, Diamonds (Corporate Development)

    2008 - 2009

    Created the business development strategy for diamonds, identifying options for growth and developing the plans to execute. Our team worked globally to define potential acquisitions, evaluate the opportunities and negotiate deals. These opportunities ranged from off take agreements in Angola, to acquisitions in Canada and operational changes in Australia.

  • Business Development Executive, Southern Africa

    2006 - 2008

    Developed corporate development function for Rio Tinto in South Africa Created strategies for market entry and corporate actions. Managed the operations of divestitures and investments. Negotiated agreements with regional partners. Corporate Development Operational Management, GM COO Service operations management Strategy Development Market entry strategy Product strategy

  • Manager of Market Strategy

    2004 - 2006

    Performed global market and competitive analysis, supporting $500 million in sales through product strategy development, alignment between operations and marketing and assessing investment opportunities. Worked with commercial leadership team to manage sales and marketing.

  • Senior Market Analyst

    2002 - 2004

    Created market analyses to support the sales function including pricing and competitive positioning. Created product strategies. Evaluated investment opportunities including acquisitions and project proposals. Developed tools for continuous market analysis. Aligned operations management with marketing to create more efficient operations. Experience: market analysis, financial analysis, organizational design, communication, sales support, negotiation support.

1997 - 2000

  • Information Technology Support Manager

    1997 - 2000

    It project management.