Jerry Swain.

Jerry Swain is a highly accomplished, results-driven Chief Executive Officer with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, planning, strategy, and business operations. Jerry began his career at IBM. There, he had an award-winning career as he developed a disciplined foundation for finance, strategy, expert sales skills, and operations.

Jerry founded Jer’s Chocolates in 2004 by following a dream with a purpose, building the gourmet specialty brand from concept to a profitable international company. Jer’s Chocolates earned national recognition for its award-winning products, Jer’s inspirational story, and Jer’s Cares Non-Profit Initiative. With his successful sale of the company in 2016, he has found a new passion for coaching CEOs and executive teams.

Jerry has a unique blend of corporate pedigree and entrepreneurial grit and drive. He prides himself on his ability to understand corporate systems and processes as well as the scrappy determination and problem-solving necessary for building and selling a company.

As a coach, Jerry excels at working with founder-led companies that are looking to build and sell or are stuck in a plateau and looking to get to profitability. His approach centers on partnering with the founder to create a clear and focused plan that will drive revenue and profit growth while maintaining their passion for the business. Jerry is a collaborative leader with an inspirational style that encourages performance and sustains accelerated growth. With experience in Vistage and EO, Jerry is passionate about learning from other outstanding talented individuals.