jack alexander
Jack has been featured on FamilyLife Today, In The Market with Janet Parshall, Leadership Network, and numerous radio shows and podcasts. Tim Keller invited Jack to be keynote speaker at Redeemer Church’s annual Entrepreneurship Forum and he has spoken at events and conferences for Cru, North American Mission Board, National Christian Foundation, Souly Business, Generous Giving, the Annual Prayer Breakfast in Atlanta, Kingdom Advisors, and Crown Ministries.
God has guided Jack’s spiritual journey through challenging seasons in the wilderness, as well as times of great hope and joy. Jack lost his father at age 9 and he came to faith in his 20’s at a small church in Australia.
As an entrepreneur, Jack has cofounded and built business services and technology companies ranging from 4 to 6,000 employees. Trained as a CPA, Jack began his career with international accounting firm, Arthur Andersen. He was then hired to cofound BCD Travel and TRX, which grew to over 6,000 employees and $350 million in revenues. Both companies enjoyed recurring appearances on the Inc. 500 and won awards for innovation.
As CEO of BCD Travel from 1987 to 2002, Jack led the organization as it grew to the 2nd largest corporate travel company in the U.S. Simultaneously, Jack acquired a technology firm, TRX, which created transaction-processing software for the travel industry. Under his leadership, TRX grew from just 4 programmers to over 1,000 employees and generated more than $50 million in revenue. TRX helped launch Expedia in 1996 and grew to process over 100 million travel transactions per year. TRX was ultimately purchased by Concur.
In 1999, Ernst & Young awarded Jack the National Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Principle Centered Leadership and Business Travel News selected Jack six times as one of the top 25 most influential executives in the travel and hospitality industries. In 2005 the Georgia Center for Opportunity awarded Jack the Family Honors Award as a businessperson who made a positive impact on the American family.
From 2005-2010, Jack served as either CEO or Vice Chairman for several software businesses, leading corporate transformation across diverse industries, including: architectural software company, Tectonic; Last Minute Tee-Times; and apartment revenue management software company, The Rainmaker Group.
Jack is a graduate of Duke University. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married for over 40 years and have three grown sons and seven grandchildren.
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