Hi, my name is Jack Zimmanck
For years I worked in the corporate world, as product strategist, sales manager, marketing consultant and always... content creator.
My focus is the revenue side (product, marketing, and sales). My industry experience ranges from advertising to aerospace, and from hi-tech to construction.
I began my business life as account manager at D'arcy Advertising (Publicis Groupe).
Along the way, I built a B2B sales team from start-up to $260 million for a large federal agency, collaborated with aerospace engineers pushing the limits of aviation technology, and managed construction projects from pouring the foundation to closing the last sale.
Product strategy and marketing communications have been key elements in everything I've done.
Combining the best of all those years of diverse experience, I founded Jack Zimmanck.com to help forward-looking aerospace and defence businesses clearly define their products and communicate their unique value to clients, prospects, employees, and investors.
As a lifelong business writer, I've written countless business plans, articles, blog posts, web pages, newsletters, and case studies...You get the idea.
Outside of business, my writings range from articles on aircraft design and engineering, to sustainable business growth and the occasional science fiction story.
In my younger days, I played the infield in the American Legion baseball league, was a reasonably competitive racquetball player, and an avid snow skier.
I've been designing and building competition-winning model aircraft since grade school. In fact, my first paid writing gig was the 1996 cover story about my 160 mph LykaJet design, for Model Airplane News.
You would recognize the LykaJet's design philosophy in most of today's A&D startups
As a confirmed gear-head, I've spent countless hours under the hood of Mustangs, Chevys, and Jeeps. These days I am the dedicated caretaker of a 25 year old Jeep 4x4.
I have a BA in Marketing Communications / Journalism from Southern Illinois University.
While at SIU, I had the privilege of taking courses in advanced problem-solving led by internationally recognized futurist, R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller. And yes, Bucky's lectures were full of the same endless run-on sentences so familiar to his readers, but his brilliant insights were well worth the extra concentration.
Just for the record, I'm told that my sense of humor tends toward the ironic, though I'm not quite sure what that means.
For the nitty-gritty details, check out LinkedIn.
