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JACK PRATT 's life can be described as "a
series of successes and unexpected turns." One can see that he's a man not
prone to "beating around the bush". He is a Texas native where he went to
college with a degree in Engineering, prior to serving in the United States
Army. After his last tour of service in Vietnam, he turned to management earning
his MBA. He has had stints of senior executive positions in the Health Care, Aero
Space, Food & Beverage, Publishing, Energy and Financial industries
prior to moving into Management Consulting where he successfully guided
corporations, governments, partnerships and nonprofits through many successful challenges.
Mr. Pratt is President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Advisors, Inc., a
Texas-based diversified international management consulting
firm providing services to domestic and international clientele. Mr. Pratt is an experienced Management Professional who has captured the human side of Management and is a personal coach to many of America's senior executives. For over 20 years, he has successfully assisted businesses and individuals, both nationally and internationally, from small to fortune 100 companies, and a variety of industries including aerospace, bio tech, chemical,
communications, computer, energy, engineering, financial, food & beverage,
manufacturing, medical care,
pharmaceutical, publishing, real estate, services, transportation, utilities, and
municipal, state and national governments.
Mr. Pratt serves on the Board of Directors of several companies
and is
listed in Who’s Who? He has
extensive practical experience as a problem solver for organization and
leadership development, team building, total quality services, and management
training. As a member of the National Speakers Association he speaks extensively
on matters relating to management, leadership, change, finance, the economy, the
future and globalization. He
has been a keynote speaker at many national conventions, in house corporate
training programs, various seminars and is also a consultant to the American
Management Association (AMA). Jack is a professional speaker and frequent guest on radio and TV programs focusing on management
and leadership. He is consistently interviewed by various publications, including Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, Houston Business Journal and Money Magazine.
Mr. Pratt is past president of a Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and past chairman of the Southwest Management Conference. In addition, he has served on various committees at the national level, particularly in employee and labor relations, working with Congress on such matters. His current and past civic activities include the President of the Rotary Club of Houston, Greater Houston Partnership (Member Services Advisory Committee), United Way and Leukemia Society. Mr. Pratt is also Chairman of the Drug Free Youth in Texas Program (D-FY-IT).
He has the hands on practical business experience of working with and managing at all the various managerial levels within an organization, focusing on results, creating enthusiasm and managing change along the way.
While Mr. Pratt believes in the principles of hard work, honesty, loyalty and dedication, he is also aware that the client wants to be associated with a firm that not only has credibility, but expertise, specialization and a genuine identity of interest in the clients timely return on investment.

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