James Sly
President and Chief Executive Officer at San Diego East County EDC
- Role
- President and Chief Executive Officer at San Diego East County Edc
- Location
- San Diego County, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Sly
James Sly is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the East County Economic Development Council (EDC). Sly is responsible for defining and implementing the East County EDC’s ambitious project portfolio, which cuts across education, industry, workforce, and government. Additionally, Sly leads many of the organization’s strategic partnership and business development efforts, working to make the EDC a locus of economic activity in San Diego.Sly joined the East County EDC in 2012, initially as a Program Manager tasked with helping the Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) fine-tune their procurement systems to make government solicitations more attractive to American manufacturers. After leading the development of a new supply chain software solution, he expanded his attention to include the EDC’s other flagship projects: the East County Small Business Development Center, the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Pipeline, and the “Connectory” SAAS platform.Prior to joining the East County EDC, Sly worked as a management consultant, servicing startup and mid-size businesses throughout San Diego’s private sector, and as a sought-after workforce expert for the One-Stop Career Center Network and San Diego’s CalWORKS Welfare-to-Work and Refugee Resettlement programs. He has been able to leverage this multifaceted skillset to the EDC’s benefit, coordinating resources from across the spectrum to drive the organization’s mission and support stakeholders throughout East County and the larger San Diego region.Sly was born and raised in San Diego, California. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from San Diego State University, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification from the University of California, San Diego and leadership certifications from the San Diego Public Leadership Institute and Harvard Business School.
Experience
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dec 2020 — Present · El Cajon, CA, US
Education
Public Leadership Institute
Public Leadership Program
2016 — 2016
San Diego State University
Bachelor's, Business Management/Administration
2005 — 2008
Leadership Institute
Campaign Management Academy
2018 — 2018
LEAD San Diego
IMPACT Class of 2015
2014 — 2015
Western Governors University
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard Business School
Not for Profit Management Development Program
2016 — 2016
UC San Diego
Lean Six Sigma, Black Belt
2011 — 2012
California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity
Microlending Essentials
2020
Skills
- Business Development
- Workshop Facilitation
- Policy
- Proposal Writing
- Six Sigma
- Organizational Development
- Management Consulting
- Workforce Development
- Customer Service
- Recruiting
- Staff Development
- Fundraising
- Public Speaking
- Event Planning
- Human Resources
- Budgets
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Coaching
- Strategic Communications
- Performance Management
- Employee Training
- Program Evaluation
- Team Building
- Program Development
- Management
- Mentoring
- Government
- Nonprofits
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Employee Relations
- Interviews
- Leadership Development
- Public Policy
- Conflict Resolution
- Strategy
- Career Counseling
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
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