Board of Directors
Joel Jacks
Mr. Jacks has served as our director since April 2005. Mr. Jacks has over 30 years of experience in private equity investing, mergers and acquisitions and managing and operating companies in a wide variety of industries.
Mr. Jacks is a Managing Partner and was a founder of CM Equity Partners. Related to CMEP's private equity investing activities, Mr. Jacks is a member of the Board of Directors of the following companies: Echo Bridge Entertainment, LLC, Evans Consoles Inc., ICF International, Inc., 3001 International, Inc., Falcon Communications, Inc., RGS Associates, Inc., Laguna Ventures, Inc. and Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Jacks co-founded and managed Carl Marks Consulting Group, LLC. From 1988 to 1992, Mr. Jacks was involved in interim management and profit improvement programs for under-performing companies as a private consultant. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Jacks served as CFO, and later as CEO, of USSCO (a subsidiary of ADT, Ltd.), a distributor of security alarm and CCTV equipment throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. From 1976 to 1983, Mr. Jacks worked for The Penn Central Corporation as Director of Financial Planning and IT Director, and was involved with the restructuring of Penn Central's public securities. He was also assigned to the New York City Partnership to assist the NYC Transportation Authority as the IT vice president. Prior to 1976, Mr. Jacks was a management consultant for Deloitte Haskins & Sells.
Mr. Jacks received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.