Jay McDonald

About Jay McDonald

Seasoned Chief Executive Officer – Proven Leader – Executive Mentor & Coach – Value Creator – Strategic Visionary – Change Agent - Board Member – Registered Mediator - Author - Keynote SpeakerSuccessful Executive Coach to CEOs, business owners, and leaders in multiple industries, helping folks become their best, while enjoying great personal lives, and improving results. Experienced board member, having served on dozens of boards, chairing every board committee during his career. Author of Strategic Jaywalking: The Secret Sauce to Life & Leadership Excellence and Co-Author of Corporate Banking: A Practical Approach to Lending.Executive Leadership Coach to CEOs, Business Owners, C-level professionals, and emerging leaders via Vistage Worldwide. Facilitator and graduate of the prestigious Stanford Vistage Executive Leadership Program.Forward-thinking, energetic, and dynamic leader with proven success in a variety of industries, entrepreneurial activities, and community efforts. Uniquely talented at building trust and in taking organizations to higher levels of performance to optimize ownership/stakeholder value with an established track record of successful business exits. Leader throughout his career, President & CEO of numerous businesses for over 35 years. Strong marketing, finance, operations, and technology experiences that match well with today’s business challenges.Specialties: CEO, Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning, Boards & Corporate Governance, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Sales Management, Mediation, Executive Coaching and Mentoring.

Experience

1. Master Chair

   Vistage Worldwide, Inc.

   Jul 2011 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Vistage Master ChairVistage Rookie of the Year Award 2012Vistage Chair Excellence Award Multiple TimesCo-Chairman Vistage Atlanta All-City 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021Chairman Vistage Atlanta Executive Summit 2014Co-Emcee Vistage ChairWorld 2018Graduate, Stanford Graduate School of Business/Vistage Executive Leadership Program 2018Facilitator Stanford Graduate School of Business/Vistage Executive Leadership Program 2018 to Present 1st Vistage Emerging Leaders Chair in Atlanta 2019 to Present As an Executive Coach, Business Advisor, Mentor, and Chair for Vistage International, I\'m excited to give back, from my years of experience in leadership, to my clients. I work with over 100 leaders through professional advisory services and by chairing five Vistage Groups (2 CEO Groups and 1 Key Executive Group, 1 Emerging Leader Group, and the Vistage Stanford Executive Leadership Program in the South) as a facilitator of the world\'s leading Chief Executive Organization, with over members worldwide. Having experienced the “lonely at the top” syndrome personally as a CEO and owner of businesses for over 40 years, I understand the value of having the wisdom and counsel of an agenda-free, and experienced professional, who’s “been there and done that,” to:• Hold you accountable so you’ll achieve better results through self-directed solutions• Build mutual trust in a confidential environment where you may share anything• Listen objectively to you and ask the tough questions that few will• Be a truth-teller, challenging you to be your best as a human being• Act as a thinking partner; drawing on a lifetime of both successes and setbacksDuring my career, I helped develop many CEOs and successful leaders. It is my privilege to get to know you and to engage with you to help you make better decisions, to allow you to achieve better results, and to have fun while doing it, always being sensitive to your enjoyment of a happy, balanced, and fulfilled life.

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BSIM, Industrial Management

  1964 — 1968

• University of Virginia Darden School of Business

  MBA, Finance, Management, Marketing

  1969 — 1971

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Stanford Vistage Executive Leadership Program, Executive Leadership

  2018 — 2018

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Analysis
• Strategic Partnerships
• Management Consulting
• Change Management
• Business
• Budgets
• Finance
• Advertising
• Integrated Marketing
• Vendor Management
• Organizational Development
• Small Business
• Financial Analysis
• Thought Leadership
• Executive Coaching
• Strategy
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Management
• Team Building
• Consulting
• Negotiation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Private Equity
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Sales Management
• Crm
• Strategic Planning
• Executive Management
• Leadership
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Fundraising