Team

Sean Burke, President

Sean Burke is certified in the Six Disciplines methodology and is responsible for coaching and strategic advisory services.  As his fifth entrepreneurial venture, CEO Wise allows him the ability to share his considerable experience building successful businesses with other top-performing organizations.

Prior to starting CEO Wise, Sean helped found one of the nation’s fastest growing managed service providers, CentraComm Communications, where he was responsible for customer acquisition and retention, advertising and branding, as well as product development and release.  A co-founder of Chicago’s premier ISP EnterAct, he also was involved in the development and start-up of Centerpost and DigiShip.

Sean holds a BS in management from Purdue University and an MBA from DePaul University.  An experienced speaker, he has been a feature presenter at university events and served as an adjunct professor teaching marketing, finance and technology.

Jeff Cobb, Business Coaching Specialist

On the CEO Wise team, Mr. Cobb is responsible for coaching and offering strategic advisory services to top-performing organizations that adopt the Six Disciplines’ methodology in pursuit of continual business process improvement.

Prior to CEO Wise, Jeff served 28 years with Levi Strauss & Co., the world’s largest apparel company, retiring as regional sales and marketing manager for the southeast region in Atlanta.  His background includes distribution, new business developments, organizational development and sales training.  In addition, he was the recipient of the international Koshland Award of Excellence in 1991 for reorganization and team development.  Jeff has a BBA degree from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Business.