J.D. Messinger is the former Chief Executive Officer of Ernst &
Young Consulting (Singapore) and Cap Gemini E&Y (South East Asia).
A global expert on the energy industry and a global thought leader on
change, and adaptation, JD was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy by
the U.S. Secretary of the Navy and was one of 37 Distinguished
Graduates. He was a fireman, nuclear engineer and qualified submarine
officer in the United States Navy submarine fleet and served on three
submarines during the Cold War.
In 1986 he joined Exxon and served in various executive management
positions including supply, distribution, transportation, bulk terminal
and truck fleet operation and fuel products pricing, analyzing macro
and micro supply and demand factors. As a crisis leader JD successfully
supervised an 850-person team and a fleet of 125 ships and aircraft,
cleaning over 1,000 miles of Alaskan shoreline after the Valdez oil
spill.
In 1995, JD joined Ernst & Young LLP (U.S) and became a partner
managing global supply chain, outsourcing and systems implementations
projects for clients such as Royal Dutch Shell, Phillips Petroleum,
Exxon Mobil, Engen Oil, the Singapore Ministry of Defence, the
Singapore Prime Minister, Maybank and Wal-Mart. In 1998 he moved to
Singapore and as the director of the energy, chemical and utilities
industry sector, gew the business twenty fold in two years. He then
became the CEO for Ernst & Young Consulting Singapore and in 2000,
after the Cap Gemini acquisition, JD was appointed CEO of Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young (South-East Asia) where he was responsible for all IT
and management consulting services. In this capacity, he served as a
key advisor for innovation and economic development for the Singapore
Prime Ministers Office as well as numerous national statutory boards
and government ministries in Singapore, Malaysia and China. After
September 11, 2001 JD became a senior advisor to the Singapore Ministry
of Defence on innovation and helped design and develop adaptive
response capabilities.
In January 2003, JD founded the Essence group of companies which
provide informational, educational and entertaining offerings to
accelerate personal, corporate and global evolution. A renowned
speaker, JD has presented and spoken to tens of thousands of people on
preparing for the unexpected and how to develop creative, flexible and
innovative teams to solve complex national and global challenges.
He has been featured in such major publications as the Business Times,
New Straits Times, and Far East Economic Journal. He has presented live
on CNBC Asia "Power Chiefs" special, global Discovery Channel and
numerous times on Channel News Asia, including a special show where he
was featured as the IT Person of the Week.
JD is a talented and gifted creator, inventor, and writer and has
created, produced and hosted his own television show, radio shows and
invented a series of internationally successful leadership games. JD is
a lover of science, math, evolutionary theories and philosophy. His
favorite pastimes include research, travel, scuba diving, fencing and
yoga.