JUNIOR EXECUTIVES
Roger Yamanaka
PT, ATC, CSCS Owner | Rehab2Fitness
“Jeff Balash is relentless in his dedication and commitment to improving all aspects of his life. As a brain-based practitioner I work with a variety of clients from high-level business executives to professional athletes helping to optimize their physical and cognitive performance. Jeff’s work ethic, focus, and grit is unmatched across my client portfolio in over 15+ years of working together. He consistently shows up twice a week without fail and brings 110% to each and every session. His energy level and fitness are terrific and better than many of my clients who are decades younger than he is.”
Ben Fast
Writer/Producer
Runs production for Kevin Williamson’s Outerbanks Entertainment
“Jeff has an unusual blend of experience, creative thinking, and tenacity. He appreciates how your problems fit into a larger narrative and he easily combines insights from disparate industries to develop a variety of potential solutions to new and different situations. He’s also quick to admit if he’s not the right person to answer the question at hand. However, he likely he can point you in the right direction if that’s the case since he knows virtually everyone.”
Jordan Blashek
President, COO, and Co-founder | America’s Frontier Fund
“Jeff has a rare combination of strategic vision and practical ability in capital raising, deal experience, and business development. He has a unique ability to grasp novel trends, generate innovative ideas, and adapt his experience to new environments and business situations. He is a terrific collaboration partner all around.”
Joshua Bachner
VP of Strategy & Corporate Development at Water and Climate Technology Startup | Moleaer
“Jeff is a charismatic and empathetic thought leader who has helped me think through difficult business and managerial situations. His guidance and coaching have helped me to clarify seemingly difficult situations into more manageable objectives. I always value his independent counsel and creativity.”
James Critelli
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Ad Tech Startup | Stackmatix
“Jeff is a savvy business leader who has given me a ton of insight and perspective on how to take my business to the next level. Whether it’s an interpersonal or business challenge that I’m dealing with, Jeff always has a thoughtful and effective answer. It’s clear having worked with him for a few years that his advice and experience is timeless and is useful for companies of all industries and sizes.”
Eddy Oser / Eddy Undertow
Composer/Musician/Performer
“Jeff is a great friend and a great leader. He has a wide-ranging intellect and the ability to connect with people from all walks of life. This special ability to connect with people appears to come from two main sources: one is that he is driven by a genuine curiosity about the world writ large and about individual people that is undimmed by his broad experience. The second, which is related, is that he really takes the time to listen to people and genuinely understand them in a way that few other people do. I can’t recommend him enough.”
Scott Layne
Founder of Azimuth Trading: algorithmic trading
“Jeff is especially animated by new and essential ideas and trends, whether in business, current events, or culture. His very intentional and proactive approach to business and life promote his success and ability to be a productive resource and thought partner. He is a synthesizer of ideas and information and a facilitator of other people’s potential. He is affable, gets a quick read on people, and maintains an extensive network that he uses and shares constructively. He has provided discerning and critical feedback and advice that I have found very helpful.”
SENIOR EXECUTIVES
Jeff Stiefler
Former President & Director | American Express
Director & Former Chairman | FIS/WorldPay
“I have known and worked closely with Jeff for almost 20 years across a number of different and challenging business situations. In all cases, Jeff’s strategic insights, analytical ability, and extensive network of contacts helped in a material way to improve the outcome. On top of all of that, and importantly, Jeff is a terrific human being, fearless and a great partner.”
Kevin Surace
Chairman and CTO | Appvance.ai
Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009
“Jeff has tons of contacts and tons of insight. He uses them both right when you least expect it. And it works! Lots of experience in one seemingly unassuming gentleman.”
Marshall Goldsmith
Author / Executive Coach
The only two-time Thinkers 50 | #1 Leadership Thinker in the World
“Jeff Balash provides a rare combination of deep strategic knowledge with an understanding of the people side of the organization. He is one of the most creative people I have met!”
Dr. Jim Loehr
World-renowned performance psychologist, New York Times bestselling author
“I have known Jeff for more than two decades. He is a man of great character, great intelligence and great integrity. He is an amazing resource of knowledge. His commitment to excellence is truly inspirational!”
Burton Malkiel
Author | A Random Walk Down Wall Street
“Jeff Balash is a creative thinker and a brilliant analyst. There is no better problem solver available.”
Michael Kubin
EVP | Invidi Technologies
CEO | Ionic Media
“There’s smart, and then there’s practical smart. Consultants can be insightful and brilliant, but those qualities mean little unless those insights and brilliance can be applied in a useful way to the client’s needs. Jeff Balash is insightful, brilliant and practical. His recommendations are designed to work in the real world, to solve real problems with practical solutions. That’s an unbeatable and uniquely attractive combination of skills that he puts to use on behalf of his clients.”
Bob Hellman
Managing Director & CEO | American Infrastructure
Simply put, Jeff gets it done for you. When you need that trusted partner who will walk through walls to find solutions, he’s the right call.“
Jay Bloom
Co-founder | Trimaran Capital Partners
“I have known Jeff Balash for almost 40 years. He has always amazed me with his massive intelligence, uber creativity, capacity for work, and dedication to achieving the desired results. In addition to that, he will always go beyond the call to help his client. Moreover, he is a great guy to work with.”
Wilf Jaeger
Managing Partner | HealthInvest Equity Partners
“Jeff is smarter than you are. He is an eccentric genius, the George Will of baseball and business.“
Edwin Marguiles
CEO | Thrio
“I’ve worked with Jeff for two decades and in several high tech start-ups. Once in a great while you are able to work with someone who’s highly strategic and creative. Jeff is certainly both. He looks at each situation from many sides, always probing and challenging assumptions. He’s a great thinker and doer.“
Dean Kehler
Managing Partner | Trimaran Capital
“Jeff combines wisdom and creativity, experience and integrity. He is a seasoned operator who knows how to get results and build value.”
Bob Poole
Chairman | Bricoleur Capital Management LLC
“Harnessing Jeff’s broad network, genius-level intelligence and Sisyphean persistence should help your business scale Mount Olympus.”
M. Michael Ansour
Managing Partner | March Partners LLC
“Jeffrey Balash has the most important skill in all decision making: ‘impeccable judgment’. When mixed with his natural analytical skills and extensive experience, this leads to superlative outcomes and value creation in any problem he tackles.”
Fred Fenster
Partner | Greenberg Glusker
“I have known Jeffrey for more than fifteen years and have always found his advice to be sound, insightful and forward thinking. He continually proposes imaginative solutions to what appear to be insoluble problems which enhance his clients’ presence in their respective industries.“
David Hughes
CEO | The Search Agency
“I have known Jeff Balash for over twenty years and have found him to be incredibly bright, creative and insightful. From strategy to operations to financial expertise, Jeff rolls up his sleeves and can support and help all levels of an organization.”
Jeff Norton
Founder | Awesome Media & Entertainment
“I’ve known Jeff Balash for over fifteen years and he is that rare breed who combines strategic thinking with operational common sense. He can operate at 30,000 feet and down in the weeds at the same time, and I’ve come to treasure his advice and perspective.”
Teddy Shalon
CEO | WaterGuru
Jeff combines the rare talents of a free-thinker looking outside the box and mature business sense honed by decades of experience. He melds these unique talents with a network of like-minded business people spanning geography, business domains and expertise. He masterfully combines these assets to craft solutions that add value to any business.
