Four-time President & CEO with the DNA of a sales & marketing-driven growth leader, John draws on 25+ years of global, corporate and entrepreneurial experience helping $1MM-$100MM businesses power through early-stage, growth stalls, major market shifts and business transformations.A clear-sighted, pragmatic chief business architect, he has produced $200MM+ in new enterprise value for information services, software, marketing and media companies. His agile, entrepreneurial leadership style, predisposition for action, and ability to unpack and rebuild business models and new growth engines lends itself to business situations that demand change. His body of work includes: • Blueprinted the product and Go-To-Market for a $45MM digital marketplace positioned to disrupt the $700B senior care industry.• Mastered the unit economics of a SaaS business growing revenue 4X, and transformed it into an award-winning digital marketing services provider with thousands of clients.• Co-founded the largest venture-backed online event registration platform now serving millions of amateur athletes.• Led the turn-around of a marginalized $60MM business unit of a $1B public media company.John is first and foremost, an innovator who views and capitalizes on adversity as an opportunity to engage markets and stakeholders, discover and unlock hidden value, rethink and reimagine pathways forward, and to reshape team cultures that thrive under his bold vision. Currently, John is an Operating Partner at Orchid Black where he works with founders, CEO's, investors, and senior leadership teams building go-to-market, sales and scale strategies that accelerate growth, profitability and new value creation. From promising early-stage ventures seeking validation traction to underperforming lower middle market companies needing a reboot, John helps companies figure out what’s next, what’s needed, and executes fast-acting growth strategies to get them there.