ABOUT ME
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My name is Ira Jekowsky. My wife, Deborah, and I have recently relocated to Sarasota from the Washington DC area. Our daughter Lauren is a freshman at the University of Tampa. I bring over 35 years of public and private sector management, business development, financial, procurement, and information technology experience to SCORE. My 25-year public sector career ended in 1997 when I retired from the Senior Executive Service of the Federal government. I served with distinction at the General Services Administration, NASA and the Federal Quality Institute. I spent the next 10-years in the financial services industry working for MasterCard, Bank One, Chase, and GE Capital. Before relocating to Sarasota, I spent the last few years as an independent consultant providing business development and management consulting services to small businesses in the Washington DC area. I worked with clients to grow their business by: shortening sales cycles, limiting marketing costs, and providing structured approaches to clients messaging, sales, and management processes. I specialized in business planning and management control systems. I was an Education for Public Management fellow at Harvard University earning an MPA. I also hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.
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Harvard University
MPA - Public Administration from 1977 - 1978
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University of Rhode Island
BSIE - Industrial Engineering from 1966 - 1971
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Pathfinders Intrnational
SVP Management Consulting from 2007 - 2008
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GE Capital
VP Fedreral Business Capture from 2005 - 2007
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Bank One (JP Morgan Chase)
VP Commercial Charge Card Sales from 2002 - 2004
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MasterCard International
VP Public Sector Payment Solutions: from 1997 - 2001
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Federal Supply Service, GSA
Assistant Commissioner, from 1993 - 1996
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Public Buildings Service, GSA
Executive Director,
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Federal Quality Institute
Chief Information Officer
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Transportation & Public Utilities, GSA
Assistant Commissioner
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