John has been a founder or early employee of three technology startups, all three of which achieved successful exits and is the COO and co-founder of ShopSavvy. Previously, John Founded BCN which was sold to T-Mobile for $140 million plus in 2001. John was an early employee at wireless startup Omnipoint (now T-Mobile) and WNP Communications (sold to Craig McCaw). John has served in functional areas including business development, strategic marketing, strategic positioning, operations, finance and as a founder. John also has several years’ experience as a Venture Capitalist for an institutional firm with over $1 billion under management and as an individual investor. John has invested and worked with companies across multiple sectors including wireless, enterprise software, supply chain, communications, energy and e-commerce. John has served on the Boards of eRealty and Factory Logic software as well as several companies across multiple technology sectors. As a strong believer in the importance of public service, John spent several years in economic policy for the White House and the US ITC. John earned an MBA from Columbia University in New York City. John's B.A. is in international studies and economics

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