Jeff Sakaguchi is an accomplished 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.  Jeff is currently the Chairman of the Board for TrueBlue, Inc., a publicly-traded industrial staffing and recruitment process outsourcing company.  He has chaired the Governance Committee and the Innovation & Technology Committee, as well as being a member of the Audit Committee and recognized as a Financial Expert by the SEC.  He was previously a member of the Compensation Committee.  Jeff is also an independent director for Eccentex, Inc., an early-stage business-to-business knowledge management software company.

Jeff is an angel investor and advisor to StrikeZone, a marketing and sales automation technology startup.  Jeff was formerly an independent director for ThinkIQ, an early-stage, venture-backed advanced manufacturing intelligence and optimization software company. a founding member of the board of directors for ACT Holdings, Inc., a privately-held business process outsourcing company in debt collection, call center management, and revenue-cycle management, and was the chairman of the board of Neah Power Systems (now XNRGI), an advanced battery and fuel cell development and manufacturing company.

Jeff was appointed to, and formerly chaired, the National Philanthropic Board of the American Red Cross, on which he served for 12 years and is now an emeritus member.  He is also a lifetime member and former chairman of the board of directors of the Los Angeles Region of the American Red Cross, and served on the Board Governance, Biomedical, Philanthropy, and PrepareSoCal committees over his 18 years on the board.

Jeff was recognized as one of the “Directors to Watch: 2025” by Directors & Boards.  He was also honored in 2022 as a “Director of the Year” by the Puget Sound Business Journal.  He is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director and Leadership Fellow.  Jeff is also frequently sought as a speaker and panelist for a variety of board governance and leadership topics.

Previously, Jeff was the President and Chief Operating Officer for Evolution Robotics Retail, an early-stage technology company.  Prior to that, he was a senior partner with Accenture, a global management consulting and technology company, and a senior engagement manager for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, and an engineering manager with Chevron Corporation.  He was an appointed Commissioner of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.  He graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.