Jamison Kravcak
Southampton,PA
Summary
Accomplished Chief Operating Officer with progressive industry background and decisive leadership style. Offers strategic planning abilities, background in change management and forward-thinking mindset. Skilled manager of cross-departmental activities with adaptive communication of organizational objectives. Ready for challenges and focused on meeting future demands.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Wiley University Services
04.2021 - Current
- Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
- Drive strategy development process as key thought-leader with business development, program directors, and product managers.
- Initiated strategy to drive company growth and increase market share and profitability.
- Oversaw business-wide changes to modernize procedures and organization of Clinical Support Programs.
Higher Education Consultant
Self-employeed
03.2020 - 04.2021
- Partnered with school administrators faculty to provide institutions with appropriate and adequate consulting support in conjunction with their goals.
- Developed solution strategies and evaluated opportunities for new products or line extensions for 2 different Online Program Managers (OPMs).
- Performed detailed and comprehensive evaluations of institutional procedures for private, non-profit university.
Chief Operating Officer
Synergis Education, Inc.
01.2018 - 03.2020
- Analyzed large amounts of data to identify trends and find patterns, signals and hidden stories within data.
- Oversaw day-to-day operations to keep organization running smoothly while meeting business goals.
- Managed financial, operational and human resources at seven seperate locations and over 50 employees to optimize business performance.
- Initiated strategy to drive company growth and increase market share and profitability, adding five new partner universities.
- Maintained P&L and shouldered corporate fiscal responsibility.
- Communicated business performance, forecasts and strategies to investors and shareholders.
- Created succession plans to provide continuity of operations during leadership transitions.
- Oversaw divisional marketing, advertising and new product development.
- Led recruitment and development of strategic alliances to maximize utilization of existing talent and capabilities.
- Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
Regional Vice President
Synergis Education, Inc.
12.2015 - 12.2017
- Oversaw yearly budget and was integral in Synergis Education's break-even, while increasing cash reserves by over $7 million.
- Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
- Implemented successful improvements to Marketing, Hiring and Training.
- Oversaw divisional marketing, advertising and new product development.
- Directed technological improvements, reducing waste and business bottlenecks.
- Shaped negotiations and managed contractual relationships with vendors and university partners.
Assistant Vice President of Marketing/Enrollment
Gwynedd Mercy University
07.2011 - 12.2015
- Attended weekly meetings and special sessions of Leadership and Executive Leadership Teams and contributed to major administrative initiatives, policies and decisions.
- Facilitated initiatives and budget for University wide marketing, communications, and enrollment.
- Hired and managed 18 employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Tracked trends and suggested enhancements to both challenge and refine university's academic and product offerings.
Education
MBA -
Cardinal Stritch University
Milwaukee, WI2011
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ2009
Skills
- Strategic Initiatives
- Organizational Leadership
- Customer Accounts Management
- Lean Methodology
- Operational Efficiency
- Management Team Leadership
- Annual Budgets
- Business Management and Development
- Board Oversight
- Change and Growth Management
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 50 plus staff members.
- Collaborated with Wiley University Services (WUNI) stakeholders to negotiate and secure the top producing contract for WUNI.
- Achieved EBITDA breakeven for Synergis Education, by growing revenue 32% from 2016 to 2019.
- Supervised the implementation of marketing and branding strategy for Gwynedd Mercy's transition from College to University status, while overseeing a then record number of first-year students in 2013.
Timeline
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Wiley University Services
04.2021 - Current
Higher Education Consultant
Self-employeed
03.2020 - 04.2021
Chief Operating Officer
Synergis Education, Inc.
01.2018 - 03.2020
Regional Vice President
Synergis Education, Inc.
12.2015 - 12.2017
Assistant Vice President of Marketing/Enrollment
Gwynedd Mercy University
07.2011 - 12.2015
MBA -
Cardinal Stritch University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
University of Phoenix
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