Jeff Clarke (businessman)

Jeff Clarke
BornJuly 1961 (age 63)
Ithaca, New York, USA
OccupationBusiness executive
Known forCEO of Kodak, Executive Chairman of FTD LLC

Jeffrey J. Clarke (born July 1961 in Ithaca, New York) is the current Executive Chairman at Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD LLC).[1]

Biography

Education

Clarke first attended SUNY Geneseo for undergraduate studies and then earned a master's degree in business administration from Northeastern University in 1985.[2]

Career

Clarke was hired by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1985, and came to Compaq when it purchased DEC in 1998. Compaq appointed him as chief financial officer in March 2001.[3] He was executive vice president of global operations for HP.

Clarke was named chief operating officer for CA (formerly Computer Associates) in April 2004.[4]

Jeff Clarke when he was COO of Computer Associates in 2005

Clarke was promoted to chief executive officer and president of Cendant's travel distribution services in April 2006.[5] Clarke next served as the Chairman of Travelport, Inc., a private, travel technology firm, where he served as CEO from 2006 to 2011, after leading its sale from Cendant Corporation to the Blackstone Group for US$4.3 billion in 2006.[6]

As Travelport CEO, he reorganized the company around three brands, engineered the acquisition of Worldspan and coordinated the sale of Orbitz Worldwide in an initial public offering on July 20, 2007.[7][8]

On March 12, 2014, he was named CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Kodak.[9][10][11] While CEO at Kodak, Clarke partnered with film directors and Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and J.J. Abrams to spearhead an effort protecting the use of celluloid film in the Motion Picture Industry.[12] Clarke announced his departure from Kodak on February 20, 2019.[13]

Clarke was announced on November 13, 2017, as having joined the Docker board of directors.[14]

Clarke was announced on August 23, 2019, as having joined FTD LLC as the new Executive Chairman.[1]

Boards and honors

Clarke was formerly a member of the Red Hat board of directors,[15] Compuware Corporation, an enterprise software company,[16][17] Autodesk, a multinational software corporation,[18] and Orbitz Worldwide, where he served as chairman of the board.[19][20][21]

Clarke has also served on the Geneseo Foundation Board of Directors, where he delivered the address for the college's 145th undergraduate commencement.[22] Clarke is a member of the Board of Trustees of Northeastern University.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b Nexus, FTD. "Nexus Capital Management Acquires FTD's Consumer and Florist Businesses". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. ^ Travelport Limited: Jeff Clarke[dead link‍], Business Week. Accessed November 19, 2007.
  3. ^ Oppel Jr., Richard A. " Compaq to Cut 5,000 Jobs; Profit Forecast Is Lowered", The New York Times, March 16, 2001. Accessed November 8, 2007.
  4. ^ Neel, Dan (2004-04-01). "CA Taps Ex-Compaq CFO Jeff Clarke". CRN. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  5. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross. "Cendant expected to name chief of Web Travel Business Today", The New York Times, April 18, 2006. Accessed November 8, 2007.
  6. ^ Burnett, Erin."Travelport - Pres. & CEO Interview.", CNBC, August 24, 2006. Accessed November 9, 2007.
  7. ^ "Orbitz's IPO prices at $15/share", Reuters UK. July 19, 2007. Accessed November 19, 2007.
  8. ^ "Travelport cues up Worldspan: One-on-one with CEO Jeff Clarke", Business Travel News Online. Accessed November 19, 2007.
  9. ^ "Kodak Names Tech Veteran as CEO". The Wall Street Journal. March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  10. ^ "Kodak Names Oribitz Chairman Clarke as New CEO". Bloomberg. March 12, 2014.
  11. ^ "Kodak names Clarke new CEO". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  12. ^ "Developing ECN-2 Motion Picture Film at Home". petapixel. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  13. ^ Cleveland, Will. "Jim Continenza takes helm at Kodak; Jeff Clarke out as CEO". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
  14. ^ "Docker Announces the Appointment of Jeff Clarke, CEO of Kodak, to its Board of Directors". Docker (Press release). 13 November 2017.
  15. ^ "BRIEF-Red Hat says Jeffrey Clarke informed company of his resignation from board". Reuters. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  16. ^ Red Hat Board of Directors list., Accessed August 11, 2011.
  17. ^ Autodesk Executive Bio. Archived 2016-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed April 29, 2016.
  18. ^ "Autodesk Appoints New Directors". Autodesk. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  19. ^ Orbitz Worldwide, Inc., Google Finance. Accessed November 19, 2007.
  20. ^ "Orbitz Worldwide names Scott Forbes chairman". Crain's Chicago Business. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  21. ^ "Kodak CEO post goes to Orbitz chairman Jeff Clarke". CNET. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  22. ^ "Alumnus Jeff Clarke to Address 145th Undergraduate Commencement May 14 | SUNY Geneseo". www.geneseo.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
  23. ^ "Members of the Corporation 2014-2015 | Northeastern University". www.northeastern.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2015-04-11.