Jeff Herrmann

Jeff Leo Herrmann is the current CEO of The Business Journal – Youngstown. Jeff is a high-impact business leader with expertise developing and executing multi-million dollar deals in technology, media and analytical services. Jeff works in high-visibility, highly competitive markets of CPG, Retail, Healthcare, Media, SaaS, B2B Technology, and Advertising/Marketing Services. Jeff’s passion lies in the design and development of strategies to leverage content, technology and data to accelerate sales and realize extraordinary growth. Herrmann had a 15-year career at The Nielsen Company spent in audience measurement and advertising effectiveness before boomeranging back to NE Ohio. After 15 years split between Chicago and New York, and his time on the speaker circuit presenting in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Barcelona, Munich and Milan, Jeff has an intense appreciation for work-life synergy and the power of virtual work environments. Herrmann received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University. He went on to receive his Masters in Business Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.