Jeffrey Atkisson:
CLASS OF 1975
Atlantic High SchoolClass of 1975
Delray beach, FL
Jeffrey's Story
Life
I am now into my third generation of border collies with pup by the name of Peggy Sue. I work with my own dogs on obstacle courses but do not compete in the sheep herding trials. My father was a cofounder of what is now the Purina National Stockdog Trials in Lexington, Kentucky so I honor his memory by volunteering each year with the organizers.
College
1981) Assc., University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and M.Sc. (Victoria) University of Manchester, Manchester, England. Degrees earned in parallel. Concentrations in industrial robotics, management of innovation and international business. Played inter-university basketball for the Student Union Team. Team placed second in national tournament.
(1979) B.S.B.E., University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Dual major in business and economics; course and seminar work in entrepreneurial studies. Graduated with departmental honors. Appointed to various student government program and activity committees.
Workplace
(2006-present) General Partner, Cinema Destination Properties - USA (CDP-USA). Together with joint venture partner Sovereign Investment Company, a Marcus & Millichap Company (largest broker of investment real estate in the USA), CDP-USA invests in cinema and cinema related real estate.
(1990-present) Senior Managing Director, Commonwealth Development Capital Group, Lexington Kentucky, USA (resident agency for British-Asian privately held family business with interests in commercial real estate, trading, shipping, freight forwarding and wholesale air courier services). Organised and continues to preside over merchant banking activities in the USA. Together with colleagues in London and Hong Kong, make all investment banking engagement and portfolio investment and divestment decisions. Led group to world preeminence as provider (measured by number of transactions) of capital and financial advisory services to the motion picture exhibition industry. Conceptual Founder or Co-Founder of the following companies: AmStar Cinemas, LLC, BP/KTF, LLC, Regal Cinemas, Inc. and first institutional investor i...Expand for more
n CinemaxX AG and Muvico Theatres, LLC.
(1986-1990) Vice President, Hickory Venture Capital Corporation and First Tennessee Equity Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama, USA (subsidiaries of First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee). Participated as the PresidentÂs second in developing strategy. Made or influenced most portfolio investment/divestment decisions. Found, researched, negotiated, closed and monitored deals. Provided significant Âadded value to the overall portfolio by advising investee chief executives on the management of growth and the deployment of resources, human and financial, within their enterprises. Successful investments include: Premiere Cinemas Corp., EverythingÂs A Dollar, Inc., Montgomery Tank Lines, Inc., The Forgotten Woman, Inc., Curaflex Health Services, Inc.
(1984-1986) Investment Manager. Michigan Capital And Service, incorporated and NBD Equity Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (subsidiaries of NBD Bancorp Incorporated, Detroit, Michigan). Initially supported the firmÂs dealmakers by performing designated research and analytical activities. Gradually assumed more responsibility and began researching, negotiating, closing, monitoring, and divesting investments. Provided some Âadded value to certain portfolio companies. Successful investments include: ARIX Corp., Maxtor, Inc., Mountain Computer, Inc., SensorMedics Corporation, Timberjack Corp., Syntellect Corp., Telemetics International, Inc.
(1983) Consultant. Venture Economics, Inc., Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA, and London, England (division of Capital Publishing Company, Inc., publishers of the Venture Capital Journal). Conducted a feasibility study of a European consulting division, which was contemplated at that time. Assignment involved considerable fieldwork in the United Kingdom.
(1981-1983) Project Analyst. Ashland Development, Inc., Ashland, Kentucky, USA (division of Ashland Oil, inc.). Involved with all aspects of the corporate development company including special situations, commercialisation of internal technologies and direct venture capital investments.
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