Kevin Acker
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Kevin Acker
Male
40 years old
WASHINGTON, Washington DC
United States
Last Login: 5/13/2008
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| Music | Okkervil River, Wilco, The Decemberists, Pela, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jonathan Richman, Belle & Sebastian - you get the idea |
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Kevin Acker's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries |
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Kevin Acker's Schools
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Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
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1987 to 1991 |
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About me:
Accomplished in corporate development, strategy, planning and product
development, Kevin Acker has served as Practice Manager responsible for
product development and innovation for the Corporate Executive Board
since January 2004. A Washington, D.C., provider of best-practices
research and data services, the Corporate Executive Board provides
strategy consulting for senior executives at more than 1,000 companies,
including most of the Fortune 500, and Kevin Acker has created many of
the company's most significant new products and services over the last
four years.
Recent Accomplishments
Among the new products and services Kevin Acker created while at the
Corporate Executive Board are an IT budget and spending benchmarking
initiative; IT Platinum Portal and IT Gold Portal websites for top-tier
customers; the Vendor Knowledge Exchange, an online networking and
vendor ratings site; and the IT-Business Alignment Diagnostic. Kevin
Acker has also led sophisticated qualitative research efforts measuring
the impact of IT competency on corporate performance and on the most
effective ways to increase secure behavior in the IT environment.
As an independent consultant from 2001 to 2003, Kevin Acker conducted
strategy, finance and organizational services to leading companies
around the world. His major projects included a strategy review and the
restructuring of the Australian operations of the world's largest
provider of electronic security and cash-in transit services. He also
analyzed customer profitability and redesigned the sales and marketing
infrastructure for that company. Kevin Acker also formulated and
implemented financial organizational and process framework for a Los
Angeles-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) marketing to
the Latino community, redesigning the organizational structure for the
finance and accounting staff and leading the selection process of an
ERP financial accounting package.
Kevin Acker has also served as Chief Financial Officer for USLAW.COM, a
position he assumed after serving as Vice President of corporate
development and acting CFO. In his CFO role, Kevin Acker oversaw the
company's business plan, financial model, and budgeting and planning
process. Kevin Acker navigated USLAW.COM through successful
restructuring and modified the company ownership structure to
facilitate a venture-capitalist takeover.
International Acumen
Kevin Acker held a director-level position at Startec Global
Communications, where he led the company's business expansion efforts
in East Asia. While there, Kevin Acker negotiated the acquisition of a
Hong Kong telecommunications provider, as well as several other telecom
companies. Kevin Acker reported directly to the CEO and was responsible
for strategic, financial, and mergers and acquisitions projects.
Notably, Kevin Acker took a lead role in negotiating the company's
$160-million high-yield bond offering.
Proficient in Russian and in Spanish, Kevin Acker has traveled
extensively, having worked in Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan,
Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom,
Norway and Pakistan.
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