Jerry Jendusa - Bringing out the Leader in all of U! Maximizing and Untapping your full Potential!

Jerry started Breakthrough Strategies to follow his passion of helping individuals and teams reach their full potential through his involvement in business advising, entrepreneurial endeavors, and giving back to the community. He does this by telling the story of how he grew his company, EMTEQ, from a basement start-up to an international 100M business, and what lessons he learned along that journey. During his time there, he encountered many trials and tribulations which lead to the successful creation and formulation of the Single-Page Plan as well as the inspiration for his book, Get Unstuck. Get Unstuck tells his story while giving small businesses teams insight and tips about how to get unstuck from any situation they are in.Today, Jerry is the chairman and major investor in Vendura Industries, a solid surface medical manufacturer, Biocut Systems, an automation company in the bioprocessing industry, and Ardent Animal Health, which provides and develops animal health regenerative medicine products and services. Aside from investing and advising his companies, Jerry helps other entrepreneurs breakthrough and grow their businesses. He is the co-chair of Scale Up Milwaukee, as an advisory member for the UWM Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurship in Residence Program, and has been a judge for the Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 3 consecutive years. Jerry is also lead mogul on Milwaukee’s own TV program, Project Pitch It. Outside of the office, Jerry partners with organizations that promote the well being and mental health of others. He is honored to partner with Make-A-Wish Wisconsin and is a foundation board member and co-chair for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Mental and Behavioral Health group with his wife, Becky. Becky and Jerry have 5 children and reside in Waterford, Wisconsin. Jerry graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance.