John is an entrepreneurial leader, devoted to becoming an expert problem solver and strategist in the tech industry.
He has worked at 3 tech businesses - 2 VC-backed seed-stage startups and 1 PE-backed growth-stage company. His roles have ranged from marketing, product, operations, strategy, and GM. He began his career as a management consultant with a specialty in economic development and M&A executions.
John is also the Founder and President Emeritus of mHUB's Venture Board where he led one of the largest hardtech startup competitions in the country, annually raising non-dilutive capital for dozens of participating entrepreneurs.
Experiences include:
- Vice President of Operations for a growth-stage tech company, Buildout
- GM of business unit
- Multi-million $ program portfolio lead
- Product and strategy management for a seed-stage tech startup, Cohesion
- Marketing Analyst for seed-stage health tech startup, Apervita
- Startup incubation, business plan development, research, and product discovery
- Recruiting, employee onboarding, performance management, and company culture development
- Financial modeling, data analytics, and reporting
- Project and program management for 30+ programs and cases over the course of a decade
- Co-wrote the business plan for mHUB, the largest hardware startup incubator in the US
- Founded and led the first venture philanthropy board for a startup incubator in the country
- Led/co-led 6 economic development projects for World Business Chicago, city of Chicago, and Illinois
- Organizational design, communication strategies, and change management
- 5+ years of management and operations consulting
- Corporate development and M&A strategy
- M&A separation of two Fortune 500 companies; M&A integration for two Fortune 100 companies
- Industry experiences include: SaaS, tech, commercial real estate, healthcare, economic development, IT, and manufacturing
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