Jason teaches current and future business leaders to build and deliver compelling stories, from data-driven presentations with the C-suite to concise elevator pitches. He has spent over 15 years teaching and coaching following the earlier chapters of his career in strategy consulting, marketing, finance, and technology with McKinsey & Company, ExxonMobil, and John Deere. Jason is currently the Director of Business Presentation Education, a Professor of Practice in Management, and an Executive Education Instructor at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business. He holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a BBA from Texas Tech University.

Whether teaching Executive MBAs in the classroom or delivering workshops for corporate clients, Jason delivers highly interactive business communications programming, incorporating storytelling with data to give participants ready-to-use tools and increased confidence for communicating in any business situation. His corporate audiences have included executive, mid-level, and early-career leaders from a range of industries such as technology, banking, transportation, and defense. As the lead business communications faculty member for SMU Cox’s graduate programs, Jason’s students include Executive, Professional, and Online MBA’s from virtually every business function and industry. He has also coached numerous winning MBA case competition teams and co-authored Case In Point: Case Competition, a guide to creating strategy presentations for business pitch competitions and interviews.

Jason Rife - Founder & Principal Consultant