Jeff Bodenstat currently counsels small businesses through several mentoring programs, including SCORE, RIHub, and HBS Startups Partners. He is a recently retired marketing executive, co-founder, and board member with a career of helping build young businesses into larger enterprises. His most recent corporate position was Chief Marketing Officer for ToolsGroup, which he helped grow from a small European business into a leading global provider of supply chain planning software. In addition to running marketing, Jeff was a prolific and widely read blogger on supply chain issues.
Jeff’s previous positions included at i2 Technologies (now Blue Yonder) where he was VP of Marketing - North America and VP of Marketing for the Global Automotive and Industrial Business Unit. He also served as VP of Marketing at Optimax Systems and as a founding investor and board member for AMATECH (sold to Hill-Rom).
Jeff holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Class Year
1977
