Visiting Committee Member Profile: Jeff Pecon

Jeff Pecon

Jeff Pecon earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering in 1977 and his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in 1982 from Cleveland State University. He began his career at Reliance Electric and served as a Plant Manager. From there, he went on to Cleveland Motion Controls as Senior Vice President of Operations and then to PeopleSoft. Today, Jeff is a retired sales and marketing executive at Oracle and serves on the Monte Ahuja College of Business Visiting Committee as well as mentors business students at Cleveland State.

Jeff and his wife, Anne Marie, generously pledged $30,000 to create an endowed scholarship designed to support College of Business students. The fund will provide one scholarship per year to any qualifying student of any major within the Monte Ahuja College of Business. Jeff and Anne Marie regularly attend major events at Cleveland State and have been proudly recognized on the Donor Wall of Recognition within the Student Center. In addition to his philanthropic activities, Jeff is an accomplished musician and has a polka band that plays regularly at social events in Cleveland.