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Creator of the Yahoo: Plan B and Motorola: Plan B, Eric Jackson is the President and CEO of Jackson Leadership Systems, Inc., a leadership, strategy, and process consulting firm. He consults on corporate governance assessment, CEO succession, senior executive selection and development, and top management team and board development.

He completed his Ph.D. in the Management Department at Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York, with a specialization in Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior. His thesis studied how the composition and processes of top management teams and boards are linked to longer-term firm performance. In addition to his doctorate, Eric earned a Masters degree in Management from Columbia University and a BA in English from McGill University. He co-authored the articles "Outside Directors with a Stake: The linchpin in corporate performance" in California Management Review (Summer, 2000), based on a two-year study of corporate governance funded by McKinsey & Co. and Korn/Ferry International, and "Immunity from Implosion: Building Smart Leadership" in the Ivey Business Journal (October 2005).

Eric was previously Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at VoiceGenie (now a part of Alcatel: ALA). Eric led the efforts in raising over $25MM in venture capital financing, as well as developing and managing global strategic partnerships with IBM, Sun, Oracle, Hitachi, and Unisys.

Eric is the Founder of the Young Patrons' Circle Cabinet and is a member of the Royal Patrons' Circle Committee for the Royal Ontario Museum. He lives in Naples, FL.