Jeff Dern
Founder & Principal, Monteverde Executive Group | Partner to CEOs & Senior Leaders | Clarity • Alignment • Execution
- Role
- Certified Business Guide at Pinnacle Business Guides
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeff Dern
Leading a growing company often feels less like a straight climb and more like navigating unfamiliar terrain. Leadership at this stage can be lonely and all-consuming. With a relentless flow of issues, are you creating the space to think clearly and work on your business effectively?Many CEOs and senior leaders reach a point where the business is objectively successful, yet leading it feels more complex and demanding than they anticipated. While you’re running the race, your field of vision — and your capacity to work on the business — is limited. And there are few places where you can fully share what is really at stake.As a former CEO, I have carried the weight of these pressures. After more than 20 years in leadership, including nine years in the C-suite, I founded Monteverde Executive Group to walk alongside leaders who need a strategic partner to create clarity and guide their teams toward their summit.In my work with CEOs and senior leaders, we reframe decisions, challenge assumptions, and turn insight into clear priorities, accountability, and momentum. As a Pinnacle Business Guide, my approach blends disciplined strategic planning and execution with deep respect for people and culture.I am proud of my roots in Sacramento and raising my two children in nearby Placer County — for my family, this region is home, and the leaders and companies here matter deeply to me.If leadership has started to feel heavier, a thoughtful conversation is often the first step back to clarity and climbing with purpose.
Experience
Certified Business Guide
Jan 2026 — Present · Sacramento, CA, US
As a Pinnacle Business Guide, I bring a flexible yet structured operating system framework and tools to support CEOs and their teams to build healthy, growing businesses. The Pinnacle approach is based on five principles: People, Purpose, Playbooks, Performance, and Profits. Working together, we will accelerate your team\'s alignment, tailor a plan to your business, people, and goals, and stay the course as we climb to your pinnacle.
Education
Drexel University's LeBow College of Business
MBA
2010 — 2012
California State University-Sacramento
Bachelors, Business Administration, Accounting
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