Leadership Development Program Session One
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 3PM, Omni Hotel at Park West
Guest Speaker
Jacob Pak
PepsiCo
Basically, thinking differently is simply being 100% myself and not trying to fit into a stereotypical role and unleashing my full personality as God intended me to be.
I tried to 'fit in' for many years in Corporate America and kept failing because I wasn't celebrating my Korean heritage and who I truly am. Once I started celebrating myself and not hiding my ethnicity, I gained much peace and joy...which led to a great deal of success at PepsiCo.
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Jacob Pak has been with PepsiCo for 15 years and in his most recent assignment, he is leading the QTG business at the #1 Convenience Store Chain in the U.S. and the World, 7-Eleven. In this new role, Jacob’s responsibilities include managing & growing the Gatorade, Tropicana, Naked Juice & Quaker Oats business at 7-Eleven. Prior to this role, Jacob was the Director of Business Development for Frito-Lay. Jacob has been working in the Consumer Products Industry for over 21 years. While at Frito-Lay, Jacob specialized in Corporate Entrepreneurship where he takes projects from its infancy & builds them up towards a successful integration into the Frito-Lay mainstream portfolio. Jacob’s area of specialty includes strategic and creative business development with focus and emphasis on thinking “outside the traditional box” to bring accelerated growth and results. Jacob started his career at Procter & Gamble in 1988 in Sales & Marketing. Also, from 1997 – 1999, Jacob left PepsiCo and became the VP of Sales for Coffee Bean International, a gourmet, high-end coffee company. Jacob returned to PepsiCo in 1999. In addition to his work at PepsiCo, Jacob is passionate about teaching & leading the youth and he has been a teacher/coach/mentor to teenagers since 1988. Jacob graduated from Washington State University in 1988 with a degree in Economics and he has an MBA from The University of Texas-Dallas. Jacob has been married for over 21 years with his college sweetheart, Rachel and he has two grown daughters. |
