Jeffrey Harper

Jeffrey Harper, Executive Consultant with The Advisory Alliance, has over 20 years experience as a communications consultant and coach to C-level executives in both public and nonprofit corporations. His clients include IBM, TIME, Deloitte, the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Xerox, Staples, the Coca-Cola, Daiichi-Sankyo, Biogen Idec, The William J. Wrigley, Jr. Company, CSL Behring, Sony Television, Telemundo, GE Capital, BNY Melon, American Express, Diageo, Nuance, the Outdoor Channel, Scholastic, Ricoh, Hyperion, Lotus, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Southern Company, the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau, Iron Mountain, and others.

He is also a national prize-winning story-teller, whose plays and music have received productions and readings in New York, London and Los Angeles.

His work has included:

• Coaching senior and C-level executives to conceptualize, communicate, and execute initiatives, strategies and internal campaigns more effectively.
• Designing and executing “Principles of Compelling Story-Telling” – a unique, proprietary public speaking and presentation skills program that trains business people and company spokespersons in the art and craft of creating and delivering powerful, high-impact communication.
• Speechwriting for C-level executives (e.g., Time Warner, Staples, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Nuance, Morgans Hotel Group, Hyperion, and Livestrong Foundation) and scriptwriting of films for companies such as Xerox, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, and Southern Company.
• Developing brand ambassadors to represent a global pharmaceutical company’s customer engagement campaign, build brand equity, and connect with consumers.
• Designing organizational communication strategies that engage, educate, and motivate sales forces and other representatives of global organizations.
• Helping executives and companies build brand and organizational identity.
• Repositioning sales and marketing strategies; new product launches; internal sales and marketing events; as well as trade shows and press events for audiences numbering in the thousands.
• Winning national literary prizes and commissions for his creative story-telling: Playwrights First Award, Canada Council Playwriting Award; recent world premier NYC production If You Could See: The Alice Austen Story, other productions and readings in New York, London and Los Angeles. He has worked with Tony nominated actors Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards), Tim Daly (Madam Secretary), Andrew McCarthy (West Wing), David Margulies (The Sopranos) and Richard Portnow (The Sopranos).

Mr. Harper received his undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard and his graduate degree from Hunter College in New York City. Raised in Montreal, Canada, he lives in New York City.