Vieira is a Certified Management Consultant and President & Founder of The QMP Group, a Portland-based consulting firm specializing in market strategy and marketing and sales organizational effectiveness.   

A cited expert, Jerry has authored three books, “Navigational Selling”, “The Consultancy Navigator”, and “Winning Against the Big Ships – Navigational Market Strategy for Small Firms”.  As a speaker, he has addressed a wide range of business, higher education, and professional association audiences, including the National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST), the Helsinki School for International Trade, Stanford University’s Japan Trade Center, the American Electronics Association, Oregon Society of CPAs, KPMG and Price Waterhouse high tech forums, The Strategic Planning Institute, the University of Oregon Executive MBA, Willamette University and Portland State University business programs, and numerous CEO peer forums.

His articles on market strategy, management and the economy have appeared in Industry Week, CEO Refresher, Marketing News, The Quality Journal, Business Marketing, and Chief Executive Magazine.  His varied career assignments include management and executive assignments in engineering, manufacturing, and marketing & sales in Fortune 500, and pre-and-post IPO tech firms.