Résumé

Jastrem was not an architect, but a business executive with a specialty in marketing.

Chairman / CEO, Rapp Collins, Dallas, TX, 1998-2004. Rapp Collins was a direct response marketing and database management company.

President, The Marketing Arm, Dallas, TX, 2004-2005.

Executive, Omnicom Media Group, 1998-2006.

Corporate Executive Staff Position reporting to President of DAS, DAS Group of Companies, 2005-2006.

President / CEO, Exhibit Group Giltspur and The Becker Group,, 2006-2010.

President / Chief Executive Officer, Viad Marketing and Events Group, Viad Corporation, Phoenix, AZ, 2006-2010.

President / Chief Executive Officer Global Experience Specialists (GES), 2009-2010.

Member, Callison Architecture Holding LLC, Board of Directors and Investor, Seattle, WA, 2006-2014.

Executive Chairman, Callison, LLC, Seattle, WA, 2010 - 2015. Jastrem's Linkedin.com page stated in 2023: "Callison and the industry was severely impacted by the financial crisis, for the year ended September 30, 2010 EBITDA dropped to $8.4 million, September 30, 2014 EBITDA was $37.6 million, and the firm expanded with two new offices and an acquisition during my tenure. A successful turnaround and double digit growth accomplished." (See Linkedin.com, "John Jastrem," accessed 05/04/2023.)

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Callison, LLC, Seattle, WA, 01/2011-08/2014. Callison, hit hard by the Recession of 2008, made several top personnel changes in 01/2011. In 2011, James P. Rothwell stepped down as CEO, and both the Chairman of the Board, Robert J. Tindall, AIA, and Executive Vice President Steven E. Epple, AIA, left the firm. John Jastrem, since 2006 CEO at Viad Corporation's subsidiary, Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, was named Chairman and CEO of Callison. According to a news release of 01/11/2011: "Jastrem, 55, has served on Callison’s Holdings Board (Callison Architecture Holding, LLC, and Subsidiaries) since 2006 and as its executive chairman since August 2010. Private equity firm Blue Point Capital invested in Callison in August 2006 and formed the Callison Holdings Board as an operating partner to support expansion of services and resources to clients and to facilitate international initiatives." (See Business Wire.com, "Callison Appoints New Chairman and CEO," published 01/11/2011, accessed 09/16/2019.)

Chief Executive Officer of North America Region, ARCADIS, NV, Denver, CO, 01/2015 - 06/2016.

Member, CallisonRTKL, Board of Directors, 2015- .

Professional Activities

Member, Association for Corporate Growth, Orange County Chapter, 1994- .

Network Chapter Officer and Regional Chair, Deal Network, Young Presidents' Organization and World Presidents' Organization (YPO-WPO), International and Southern CA Chapter, 1994- .

Member, National Association for Corporate Directors, 1990-2004, 2012- .

College

B.S., Commerce and Finance, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1977.

Certification in Senior Management Program V, Omnicom University, New York, NY, c. 2000-2005.

Certification, Graduate Program, Omnicom Univeristy, New York, NY, c. 2000- 2005.

Certification, Post-Graduate Program, Omnicom Univeristy, New York, NY, c. 2000-2005.

Relocation

Born in 1955, John Jastrem resided in Wilkes-Barre, PA, early in life, where he attended Wilkes University.

He has lived in various places, including Southern CA, the Dallas area, Phoenix, AZ, and Denver, CO, working in various marketing companies, often in leadership roles. His last position was as the Chairman/CEO of Callison LLC.

As of 2023, he lived in the Denver, CO, area.

Biographical Notes

First Vice-Chair, Wilkes University, Executive Council and Board of Governors and Alumni, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1982-2005.