Jason Ford is the Leader of the Capacity for Success practice of The Schnur Group. He is a highly successful sales executive and an accomplished leader of sales teams. Over the last 20 years, Jason has built a long and stellar track record of selling complex technology products to largest fortune 500 companies.

Jason’s career began at Cisco Systems (9 years), Centrylink (3 years Regional Manager in Bay Area) Citrix Systems (6 years Director of Western US), VMware (2 years Sr. Director of Western US Sales) and Pivot3 (VP of sales).

Jason is highly motivated and skilled at creating empowered, aggressive, professional, disciplined and successful sales teams that work collaboratively to dazzle their customers. Over the years, Jason has developed a keen eye for talent, with a strong ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in people with speed and uncanny accuracy. His approach is that of a servant-based leader, a style and philosophy that has helped Jason accelerate the development of core skills and abilities in many around him. Record-breaking sales, devoted customers and a large and loyal staff combine to illustrate Jason’s unusual, highly personal and engaging approach to work. His experience in the field as well as recruiting, building and motivating people lead him to create the ‘Capacity for Success’ model. It’s an unusual yet simple approach to defining success while assessing the personal ability to be successful.

Jason has not taken the ‘normal’ or ‘expected’ route to anything he’s accomplished. A man who is adamant that he is not naturally-gifted at anything, but one who is willing to work hard to compensate for his lack of talent. Someone who has experienced enormous personal and professional challenges yet has takes on the uncomfortable, the unsuccessful and emerged with a passion – and a skill – to help others thrive. An individual with deep humility, possibly as a result of being told that he would never amount to much. This is not the typical profile of a highly successful sales executive or a practice leader in a successful consulting firm. But, then again, as anyone who has met him will attest, Jason Ford is simply not typical.

Jason is married and is the father of two sons. He is an avid sportsman having played competitive volleyball while at Menlo College of California earning a Bachelors Degree in Communications. There, Jason also studied broadcasting and acting. He has worked professionally in television, both in front of and behind the camera. Since college, Jason has expanded his leisure activities to include: surfing, basketball, snowboarding, cycling, kayaking and the guitar, which he claims to play poorly.

Jason currently serves on the local school site council and district budget committee. He has coached the Girls and Boys volleyball teams at his local high school and is active in his church. He coaches his sons’ flag football teams and been Den Leader for his sons’ Cub Scout troop. He has been seen repeatedly to help elders cross the street, but won’t admit it in public.

Jason lives with his family, dog, 3 saltwater fish, and 9 chickens in San Rafael, California.