Our Leadership

Jack is not just ActiveStrategy’s visionary – he’s a strategy execution guru who is absolutely passionate about getting clients results.

In addition to being a former Baldrige examiner, to date Jack has helped organizations achieve four Baldrige Awards, five Baldrige site visits, two Deming Prizes, six Florida Sterling Awards, two California CAPE Awards, as well as breakthrough results for too many companies to name.

Jack first became a practitioner of performance excellence, Balanced Scorecards, and strategy execution more than two decades ago, when he contributed to Florida Power & Light’s Deming Quality Management Award win in 1989, making Florida Power & Light the first company outside of Japan to win this prestigious prize. Since then, Jack has applied strategy execution methodologies in other executive and consulting positions, leading in some cases to doubled revenue, profits, and total market value.

Jack’s degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering (from Penn State and University of South Florida, respectively) speak to his focus on building performance that will endure for the long term. Just as an engineer designing a bridge has to consider how it will be used now, as well as how it will need to function for decades ahead, Jack designs and implements strategy execution frameworks for the long haul.

Speaking of the long haul, Jack is a co-founder of ActiveStrategy and thus has been with us since before day one. His wide-ranging knowledge, practical experience, and focus on results are baked right into all of our solutions.

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Jeffrey is a leading thinker on the future of technology-enabled strategy execution. In fact, he was one of the very first in the world to think about improving these types of methodologies through software. 

Jeffrey’s career sprang from the mathematics department at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, but he quickly discovered that the applications of math and science were what inspired him. This led him toward computer science and his passion for applying technology has grown exponentially to this day.

Jeffrey’s “Aha!” moment came in 1999 when he recognized that software could accelerate the adoption of, and improve the results achieved from, strategy execution.

This epiphany led to the formation of ActiveStrategy. Ever since he conceived of the company, Jeffrey’s creative mind has been behind ActiveStrategy’s progression to its position today as a leading strategy execution solutions company.

Though Jeffrey is a technologist at heart, he has that difficult-to-find ability to relate technology to real people and genuine business needs. He’s a compelling speaker and is stunningly effective at communicating complex ideas simply.

Jeffrey’s most recent exploits include executive stewardship of ActiveStrategy’s technology roadmap, as well as in-depth strategic work with clients across the healthcare value chain.

Donna brings nearly 20 years of industry experience to her role as leader of ActiveStrategy's sales team. Over the past four years, she has worked to build trust and drive results for clients nationwide in a variety of industries.

Donna's previous experience includes sales positions at two enterprise software companies. While at Oracle, Donna sold technology and applications to major and mid-market corporations. Prior to this, she built strategic relationships with Fortune 500 clients at MicroFocus, an international software migration company.

Donna earned her M.B.A. from St. Joseph's University and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Denver.

Keith is responsible for the development and ongoing successful management of ActiveStrategy software products, as well as the Technical Services group, which provides a range of world-class professional services for clients using ActiveStrategy software worldwide. These services include implementation services, technical and data integration services, educational services, and customer support.

Keith has over 17 years experience in applications development and professional services delivery across multiple industries, including commercial, government, manufacturing, and healthcare, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Keith’s previous experience includes management positions with Health Market Science, Checkpoint Systems, Pegasus Systems, and Scott-Levin (now Verispan). Prior to Scott-Levin, he was the Director of Product Integration for Peregrine Systems, a global software development company specializing in infrastructure management.

Keith is also passionate about process improvement and was the driving force behind a program that achieved CMM Level 3, according to a European partner audit.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Widener University.

Pete DuBois oversees client engagements during all phases of projects, from initial conception through deployment and ongoing support. He applies his extensive corporate, industry, and global management consulting experience, focused in the areas of operations management, business transformation, and information technology management, to ensure the most successful results for all clients.

Prior to his work with ActiveStrategy, Pete held several senior management roles, most recently as Senior Director of Corporate IT Portfolio Management at McKesson Corporation, a $90B Pharmaceutical Distribution and Healthcare software solutions company. At McKesson, Pete’s primary functions included Corporate IT Portfolio Management, IT Governance, and Enterprise Program Management.

Pete’s prior experience also includes fifteen years as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, Inc., ultimately as a director of the operations and technology management practice, working in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. In addition, he spent four years as a Program Management/Operations Research Specialist with the United States Air Force. In his work with the USAF aeronautical and electronic systems, Pete oversaw R&D, production, and logistics support programs.

Pete earned his M.B.A. from The Citadel, where he graduated summa cum laude. Prior to this achievement, he completed his bachelor of science in business administration as salutatorian at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Lisa Hobart has been responsible for worldwide marketing at ActiveStrategy since 2004, where she oversees all aspects of the brand, as well as the marketing and promotion of ActiveStrategy products and services. During her tenure, she has expanded the educational curriculum of the company and increased its availability both online and through live seminar events, helping to bring the principles of Strategy Execution and the applications of ActiveStrategy Enterprise software to an ever-growing audience of business users.

Prior to this role, Lisa spent nearly a decade in marketing and communications management at the world’s leading designer of architectural control systems for lighting.

Lisa earned a bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University.

Carolyn Peters joined ActiveStrategy in 2006 to oversee all aspects of the company’s finance and accounting functions. As Facility Security Officer, she directs security measures necessary for implementing applicable requirements of the National Industrial Security Program and related Federal requirements for classified information.

Carolyn has 25 years experience in finance across various industries.  She has held previous financial management positions at Laird Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturer of electro-magnetic shielding devices, at Sales Plus, a division of software company Dendrite International, Inc., and at Triboro Electric Corporation, an electrical device manufacturer.

Carolyn earned a B.S. in Accounting from Holy Family University.