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Jeff Jacobson

Career Summary

Jeff Jacobson is currently an Executive Partner with Siris Capital Group LLC, a private equity firm which he joined in 2019. Mr. Jacobson serves as the Executive Chairman & CEO of Electronics for Imaging (EFI), a company which Siris Capital acquired in July, 2019. Prior to joining Siris Capital, Mr. Jacobson was the CEO of Xerox Corporation, a $10B Technology/Services company, in which Mr. Jacobson oversaw the largest product launch in the company’s 100 year history, while also overseeing a 3 year strategic transformation program, which drove $1.7B in productivity initiatives, resulting in the company’s highest ever operating margins. As the CEO of Kodak Polychrome, a $1.7B joint venture between Sun Chemical and Eastman Kodak, Mr. Jacobson led the company from losses approximating $100M/year to EBITDA of $275M in the final year, before the company was sold to Kodak (already a 50% shareholder) at a 2.65x return to Sun Chemical. Mr. Jacobson then joined Kodak as the COO of its newly formed Graphic Communications Group, integrating 6 companies into a $3.6B industry leader. Prior to commencing his operations career track, Mr. Jacobson spent the first 10 years of his career in Human Resources, becoming a Labor and Employment attorney, while serving as his company’s Affirmative Action Officer.  

Expertise

  •  Financial expert – former public company CEO
  • Global Experience-Xerox, EFI, Kodak, Presstek
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion-Labor & Employment attorney: Mr. Jacobson and his wife sponsor multiple MBA scholarships through the Jacobson Fellowship for D, E & I at the University at Buffalo’s School of Management
  • Coaching, Organizational Design, and Cultural Change Agent-Former Leader of Human Resources
  • Turnaround Expert-EFI, Xerox, Kodak, and Kodak Polychrome
  • Customer Centricity-Former VP of Sales and customer-facing CEO

Board Experience

  • Electronics for Imaging (EFI), Executive Chair, 2019-present
  • Xerox Corporation (XRX), 2017-2018
  • Fuji Xerox Corporation (Japan), 2017-2018
  • Presstek (PRST), 2007-2012 (Chairman, 2009-2012)

In The News

  • University at Buffalo - Opening Doors to Talent
  • Printing Impressions - Jacobson Joins Siris 
  • Barrons - Xerox Hits the Restart Button
  • Print Business - Jeff Jacobson Will Take Top Job at Divided Xerox
  • Printing Impressions - Jacobson Named CEO of EFI
  • University at Buffalo - Leaders on Leadership
  • Democrat & Chronicle - Former Kodak Executive to Lead Xerox Post-Split
  • Printing Impressions - Jacobson Reveals Why He's Energized by New EFI CEO Role
  • CNBC - Xerox's Jacobson: We're All About Productivity

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