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Jake Blackshear

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Associate Chief Financial Officer at Sutter Health
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Jake Blackshear is a finance executive in the healthcare sector, currently serving as an Associate Chief Financial Officer at Sutter Health. With an MBA from Presidio Graduate School, he focuses on financial sustainability and people-centered strategy. Colleagues describe him as creative, visionary, team-oriented, and strategic, with an ability to handle complex challenges with grace.

Outside of his finance career, Jake is a professional jazz saxophonist with a Master of Music degree and has played professionally for over 25 years. He is also the co-founder of The Can Van, the worlds first mobile beer canning service, a venture that combines his interests in business innovation and the craft beer industry.

He co-founded a mobile beer canning service to help small breweries access canning technology, promoting less waste and better beer.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Associate Chief Financial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Healthcare Finance
As a finance director at UCSF and now an Associate CFO at Sutter Health, he is focused on creating a financially sustainable healthcare industry.
Jazz Music
A semi-professional saxophonist with a Master's degree in jazz studies, he has played in various quartets and bands for over 25 years.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Associate Chief Financial Officer
Sutter Health
6-2011
Co-Founder
The Can Van
2-1996
Founder and Saxophonist
Blackshear Music
1-2017 - 1-2025
Director of Finance
University of California, San Francisco
5-2012 - 12-2016
Department Manager
University of California, San Francisco
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Education
2009 - 2011
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Presidio Graduate School
2004 - 2005
Master of Music
San Diego State University
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