John H. Jacko, Jr. is Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Kennametal Inc. In this role, Mr. Jacko is responsible for enterprise marketing and corporate strategy.

Before serving in his current role, Mr. Jacko served as the company’s Vice President Corporate Strategy and Vice President Global Marketing for Kennametal’s Metalworking Solutions and Services Group (MSSG). He joined Kennametal in March 2007.

Previously, Mr. Jacko served as a Corporate Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for Flowserve Corporation. Prior to that, he spent six years with Honeywell Aerospace (previously AlliedSignal) in various management positions including Vice President Customer and Product Support and Director, Customer Business. Before joining Honeywell, Mr. Jacko served as Manager, Customer Support – Commercial Helicopters for Textron Lycoming in Stratford, Connecticut. He has over 25 years of experience in the areas of marketing, strategy, product management, branding, portfolio management, and communications.

Mr. Jacko holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Connecticut and a master’s in business administration from the University of New Haven. He is also Green Belt certified in Six Sigma training.