SKILLSTORM PROMOTES JIM JACKSON TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

SkillStorm has promoted Jim Jackson to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. With more than 35 years of experience in the Information Technology, Aerospace, Government, Distribution, Automotive, Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Transportation and Telecommunications industries, he is responsible for the design, operation and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the company's services; his primary focus is operations improvement. He also oversees corporate support and business alliances, providing management support for Contracts, Human Resources, Information Technology, Information Systems, Legal, Procurement, Real Estate, Security, Corporate Reporting and overall policies, procedures and corporate control functions. Jackson is based out of the SkillStorm corporate headquarters office, located in San Diego, California.

Prior to his promotion, Jackson was the Vice President, Project Services for Enterprise Project Services, a division of SkillStorm, a role in which he was responsible for the development and growth of SkillStorm by integrating the Enterprise Project Services division into the company. He was also in charge of management consulting, focusing on project management services and business and technical solutions for clients.

Jackson previously served as Vice President, Chief Information Officer of a global manufacturer of packaging products where he was the primary strategic leader responsible for defining and implementing a new Information Technology architecture and core infrastructure to support the company’s goals, providing revenue growth of over $600 million in 5 years.

Jackson has owned his own management consulting company; he managed teams of client staff and outside consultants over multiple projects, while controlling budgets and schedules to meet business goals and objectives. Jackson successfully built and operated the company for over 12 years, providing Distribution and Logistics Systems Integration services. He also served as Management Consultant, Project Manager, Business Analyst and Systems Integrator during his time with the company.

Jackson has been recognized for his accomplishments through various awards. He was the recipient of an industry award for superior leadership and strategic direction and was also honored as one of Computerworld’s Top 100 CIOs in 2002.

Jackson gives back to the community through numerous charitable and civic organizations. On a continuous basis, he makes financial contributions to the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the American Heart Association and the Humane Society. Jackson participated in a 5k Walk/ Run for the MS Society. He also served as the Support Group Coordinator for the organization.

Jackson is a Project Management Professional (PMP). He also holds a Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) and is a Six Sigma Champion.

Jackson studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Oregon State University.