CMC Bios - Jack Oakes

Experience & Expertise: 

Jack started at Fuqua in late 2019 and is the Sector Director for Finance.  Jack's coaching career began 20 years ago at his alma mater, the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.  Before working at Darden, Jack's twenty years of corporate experience included roles at International Paper Company, Procter & Gamble, T. Rowe Price, Legg Mason, and Red Hat.  With marketing as the functional thread weaving throughout his career, Jack brings a very strategic, customer-centric, and stakeholder-based approach to his business thinking and work in developing solutions to solve problems.  His abilities to build effective, productive, and trusting relationships with people across all levels of seniority enabled his career success.

Education and Certifications:

• MBA, University of Virginia
• MA in East Asian Studies, University of Virginia
• BA in History, Dartmouth College
• Instructor, Personal Career Assessment, University of Virginia
• Completed leadership development coursework, featuring Leadership for Extraordinary Performance

Top 5 CliftonStrengths: 

1. Communication
2. Positivity
3. Woo
4. Context
5. Belief

Fun Fact:

Many years ago, Coach K used to work for Jack's father!