John has spent the last 20 years working with early and growth stage companies as an investor, board member, trusted advisor and advocate. John gets deeply involved with each of the companies he has worked with, and focuses on issues such as strategy development and execution, C-level recruiting and coaching, venture and growth financings, strategic positioning, partnerships, restructurings, exits and turn-arounds. John is a trusted advisor to his companies, and has extensive Board-level experience spanning several high-tech industry categories, with active participation on compensation, audit, recruitment and M&A Board Committees. John has completed over 40 M&A and financing transactions. In addition to his executive and investor roles, John is an adjunct professor at Siena College, and guest lectures at a number of universities on topics ranging from venture capital investing, entrepreneurship and leadership. John is married with a daughter, a son, three dogs and 20 chickens.