John is a serial entrepreneur with a focused background in the high tech market - both with start-up endeavors and troubled turn around situations. Accordingly, he has enjoyed successes as the CEO of Hart Crowser, a financially troubled national environmental engineering company that he successfully restructured over a three year period. During the Dot.Com boom, he was involved with the start-ups of Digital Harmony and nAblize. Prior to that, he was CEO of Seattle Silicon which under his leadership was recognized as a Delotte & Touché Washington Technology Fast 50 company for three consecutive years prior to its sale to a leading semiconductor company. John has worked in Hong Kong, the United States and Eastern Europe. John has been instrumental in the start-up of over a dozen companies and continues his interest in technology developments and outsourcing opportunities in the Baltics. He recently moved to Southern California seeking new business opportunities in the sunshine. He holds a BA in Economics and Russian Studies from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the University of Washington, John captained the Husky track team receiving All-American honors while setting four University records and participating in the United States Olympic Trials.Specialties: John is or has served on the Board for MI Technologies, Seattle Silicon, nAblize, Digital Harmony, Precision Digital Imaging, Hart Crowser Engineering, Puget ChemCo, KAYU TV, Latvian Credit Union and served on the Advisory Board for the Pacific Lutheran University Business School for many years.