About
Jacob James Kahn is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Experience
- Digital & Business Transformation · Lockheed Martin ·
Works on 1LMX, the company-wide ERP and process transformation: business process redesign, SAP S/4HANA implementation strategy, change management, and governance of technology risk and program delivery. - Consultant, Endowments & Foundations practice · Cambridge Associates ·
Supported advisory work for endowments and foundations with approximately $4 billion in assets. - International Markets · Brown Brothers Harriman ·
- External consultant through Boston Harbor Consulting · Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) ·
Led delivery workstreams on Agilent's global SAP S/4HANA and CPQ (quote-to-cash) implementation. - Early career (2015–2020): Harvard Innovation Labs, Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Mavericks Financial
Education
- Harvard University — Dual Bachelor's–Master's Degrees, General Management
- Boston University Questrom School of Business — MBA
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business — MS, Accounting & Data Analytics
- Yale School of Management — Executive Education, Investment Management (2023)
Certified Private Company Governance Director (Private Directors Association) · Candidate, NACD Directorship Certification
Director education
- AI and Digital Transformation in Government
- AI, Justice, and the Rule of Law (certificate)
- Certificate in Private Company Governance
- Private Equity Company Governance
- ESOP Governance Essentials
- Director College
- Executive Education, Investment Management
Affiliations
NACD · Private Directors Association, New England · Harvard Alumni on Public Boards (Director Network) · InfraGard (Rhode Island) · Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence Insights Council · Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
InfraGard is the FBI–private sector partnership for critical-infrastructure protection. Jacob James Kahn is a member of the Rhode Island chapter.
Media kit
Short bio (50 words)
Jacob James Kahn works in Digital & Business Transformation at Lockheed Martin on 1LMX, the company-wide ERP and process transformation. He is General Partner of Phoenix Fund and has served as a board observer at technology and financial-services portfolio companies since 2020. He is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Standard bio (150 words)
Jacob James Kahn works in Digital & Business Transformation at Lockheed Martin on 1LMX, the company-wide ERP and process transformation publicly described as the defense industry's largest digital transformation. His work spans business process redesign, SAP S/4HANA implementation strategy, change management and governance of technology risk. He is General Partner of Phoenix Fund and has served as a board observer at technology and financial-services portfolio companies since 2020. He serves on the board of Harvard Alumni Defense & Aerospace and previously served on the board and Finance & Audit Committee of Easterseals Massachusetts. He led delivery workstreams on Agilent Technologies' SAP S/4HANA and CPQ implementation and supported Cambridge Associates' advisory work for endowments and foundations. He is a Certified Private Company Governance Director (Private Directors Association) and a candidate for NACD Directorship Certification. He holds an MBA from Boston University and an MS in Accounting & Data Analytics from the University of Illinois.
