Jourdan Groves - President ICOBP
Jourdan earned his B.A. from California State University, Fullerton, College of Business & Economics in 2005--with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. As a student, Jourdan would analyze small, often struggling businesses and prepare consulting reports. He focused on various business sectors, such as accounting, marketing, management, leadership, budgeting, competition, performance, and business model/strategy.
At age 20, Jourdan moonlighted profitably with a network marketing company and formed a large membership team from 1998-2000. He developed a great understanding of the business, conducting over 80 presentations. He also contributed to 100 seminars touching on leadership, sales, marketing, business relationships, economic dream-building, and overall business with World Wide Dream Builders during college.
Following college, Jourdan prepared and successfully implemented a full-scale business plan focusing on the entertainment industry with emphasis on music production and promotions for live events. Taking a leadership roll, Jourdan ensured that the initial projects were immediately profitable. Subsequently, Jourdan has successfully co-produced and promoted many musical events throughout Southern California.
Jourdan has also hosted a series of events that included over 15 Playboy photography shoots, a San Diego Chargers Cheerleader Calendar spread, a National Sports Grill Calendar spread and a full-length music video shoot for an internationally known band in 2005. He provided the venue and was the ultimate decision-maker responsible for making these events successful.
An inveterate traveler, Jourdan believes that it is vitally important to discover world cultures and their intrinsic beauties. He has witnessed 40 countries so far--ranging from Nepal and Belize to Africa. Having been humbled by seeing impoverished nations and the human-race struggle, he has seen the power of a dollar completely change the life of a family and desperately wants to contribute significantly to ICOBP and Uniworld’s humanitarian objectives for current and future generations to come.
2005 – 2006
Jourdan gained tremendous business/sales/finance experience being employed at Global Mortgage, LLC, which offered financial loan services in residential, commercial, land-use, construction, hard-money lending and real estate. This demanding 60-70 hour a week position fortified his work ethic and prepared him for greater opportunity.
2006 – 2007
Employed by EntreTec LLC, a business consulting and research firm, Jourdan has been working alongside its Principal Ken Johanning and other top executives in the predevelopment of the business infrastructure for the International Congress of Business Professionals. Jourdan accepted the position of President/CEO to successfully lead ICOBP into full operational stage.
2008 - Current
The structured mission and vision of the ICOBP business model suited ideally to Jourdan's skills, beliefs, motivations, desires, instincts and experiences. With extreme focus and passion for the International Congress of Business Professionals’ growth and long-term success, Jourdan and his support of great team leaders will work tirelessly to achieve its goal for ICOBP to become the world’s largest membership organization focused on globalization, international business and trade.