| Jack Kraft has
more than 35 years of diversified management experience.
Originally, he was in the advertising and marketing business
with two of the top agencies in the industry. For the past
dozen years Jack has been an active Founder, Investor, Advisor
and/or Board Member of a number of technology service firms.
Mr.
Kraft retired as Vice-Chairman, COO of the Leo Burnett Company,
a leading multi-national advertising agency, in 1992 after
nearly 20 years. At retirement he was a member of the Executive
Committee, a Board member and Chair of the Finance Committee. Next,
Jack joined Young and Rubicam as EVP/Chief Administrative
Officer and member of the Board.
Mr. Kraft participated in the development
of a number of Internet related firms. Among them, Modem
Media, a pioneering Interactive ad agency that went public,
was acquired by Digitas and is now part of Publicis Group. Two-Way
Communications is another such firm Kraft helped to start. It
was later sold to iXL, which went public, became part of
Avenue A/Razorfish/aQuantive and was recently acquired
by Microsoft.
After
investing in and joining the BOD of Lante Corporation, which
completed an IPO in 2000, Kraft became Chairman and managed
the sale of the firm to SBI which ultimately was consolidated
into Avenue A/Razorfish/aQuantive/Microsoft.
Kraft
regularly consults with a wide range of developing companies
on matters of structure, growth, management development and
corporate opportunities.
Currently,
Kraft serves on the Board of APAC Customer Services Inc.
(NASDAQ, APAC), ConsumerBase, a behavioral data
company (www.consumerbase.com), READOZ.COM, an electronic
publishing/research organization (www.readoz.com) and Angiogen,
LLC, a cancer treatment research firm (www.angiogen.com).
Kraft
is a member of the Chicago Central Area Committee (CCAC)
and The Economic Club of Chicago. He is also active at the
Entrepreneurship & Innovation program
at the Kellogg Graduate School judging business plans and mentoring
students.
Contact Information:
Jack Kraft
666 Park Drive
Barrington, IL 60010
Phone: 708-997-9970
jack.kraft@focusbankers.com |
