Jeff Sakaguchi is a seasoned executive, board leader, and business advisor. He is a recognized authority on business strategy, innovation and disruptive technology, and positioning companies to capitalize on emerging opportunities. He is currently the chairman of the board for True Blue, Inc., a publicly-traded industrial staffing and recruitment process outsourcing company. He is a member of, and formerly chaired, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Innovation & Technology Committee. He is a member of the Audit Committee, and previously served on the Compensation Committee. Jeff is also a member of the boards of Eccentex, Inc., an early-stage knowledge management SaaS/PaaS company, and ThinkIQ, an early-stage, venture-backed advanced manufacturing intelligence and optimization software company. Jeff was a founding member of the board of directors and chairman of the Compensation Committee for ACT Holdings, Inc., a privately-held business process outsourcing company in debt collection, call center management, and revenue-cycle management. He was also formerly on the Advisory Board for Habla.AI, an early-stage knowledge management and collaboration software company, and was the chairman of the board of Neah Power Systems (now XNRGI), an advanced battery and fuel cell development and manufacturing company. Jeff is appointed to, and formerly chaired, the National Philanthropic Board of the American Red Cross. He is also a member and former chairman of the board of directors of the Los Angeles Region of the American Red Cross, and serves on the Board Governance, Biomedical, Philanthropy, and PrepareSoCal committees. Jeff was honored in 2022 as a “Director of the Year” by the Puget Sound Business Journal. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and is an NACD Certified Director and Leadership Fellow. Previously, Jeff was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Evolution Robotics Retail, an early-stage technology company, and a senior partner with Accenture, a global management consulting and technology company. Prior to that, he was a senior engagement manager for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. He was also an engineering manager with Chevron Corporation, was an appointed Commissioner of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.