Jack Pedlow Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

• Nurture a pipeline of over 80 active global projects to compete effectively for new jobs and investment
• Function as a liaison between GSP, interested projects, and local industry experts to ensure that each project receives a robust understanding of the region’s offerings as it pertains to their business case
• Coordinated with global CEOs and senior-level decision makers to host the Greater Seattle SelectUSA Spinoff, which resulted in 28 companies visiting Greater Seattle for a three-day familiarization tour to pursue new.
• Provide stakeholder updates via board meetings, monthly economic developer meetings, and monthly investor reports
• Attend industry events and tradeshows for the purposes of lead generation and stakeholder engagement

• Collaborated with regional partners to assist a regional site search coaching program that empowered local communities with custom data and presentations to attract new companies
• Utilized economic development databases to create reports and present important factors such as workforce availability, real estate costs, and regional trade ties for competitive RFIs and RFPs
• Spearheaded a regional asset inventory by collaborating with local economic developers to ensure that the region’s premier real estate options were collected and highlighted on GSP’s site search platform
• Supported marketing and communications with economic data and statistics to market the region globally

Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Operated gazelle.ai, a lead generation platform and database of nearly 10 million companies worldwide, to cultivate leads from high growth businesses and those looking to locate new projects in the US Midwest
• Researched real estate data to gain insights into the site selection process, which helped strengthen marketing efforts for business attraction projects
• Studied market data using Emsi and gazelle.ai to create a research project which focused on defining, seeking, securing, and retaining sustainable businesses in the Lansing area

Ann Arbor, MI

• Managed recruiting efforts to students through producing flyers and online announcements in order to garner support for the club, resulting in gaining almost 200 members
• Initiated launching the club in order to gather a group of like-minded students together to provide an avenue for students to pursue their passion in soccer
• Coordinated social events and created engaging content for the club members

Ann Arbor

• Utilized ArcGIS, using the program to convert old road maps from an Atlas into ArcGIS, enabling longitudinal cross comparison of digital data
• Communicated with employer daily to ensure timely creation of maps that meet all standards
• Analyzed geospatial data through ArcMap to create optimal routes between cities within a country.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Program In The Environment, Environment Minor

Economics

• Studied abroad for one semester at UAB studying international economics and Spanish • Examined the economics of the European Union.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude