John Harper is a Chief Technology Officer and Vice President Engineering at Saisei. He possess expertise in telecommunications, networking, start ups, engineering management, integration and 5 more skills. He is proficient in German and Japanese. Colleagues describe him as "John was VP of Engineering for most of Anagran's existence, joining after the company had been running for 18 months. He ran all aspects of engineering, including software, hardware, FPGA logic, and QA/test, and made major contributions to product technology and strategy. His first achievement was to focus the engineering effort and get a sound product shipped within a little over a year of joining. As the product requirements and sales focus shifted, he led an agile and highly effective engineering team to respond to the changing needs and deliver additional features in a timely way and to high quality. He also made many important personal technical contributions, such as detailed design of the key algorithms that controlled TCP flows accurately, and development of the Python scripting capability that allowed the product to integrate easily into the service provider environment. John was the best engineering manager I ever worked with, and a brilliant individual contributor as well." and "John has a deep business and technical understanding of customer and market needs; he manages to translate those needs and requirements into detailed product planning. He is a great engineering executive capable of managing large teams and programs as well as motivating teams during transition times. His direct communication style allows him to rapidly close gaps and avoid misunderstanding and conflicts. His broad experience allows him to reach out in fields and areas which go beyond the high tech industry"