John Bucher Email & Phone Number

John rejoined PRIMECAP Management Company as COO in September 2018. PRIMECAP is a long-only, equity-only investment management company that is the investment advisor for the PRIMECAP Odyssey Mutual Fund Series. PRIMECAP also manages equity portfolios for a limited number of institutional clients, including the Vanguard Group.Previously, John served as SVP of Strategy for the semiconductor foundry/manufacturer GlobalFoundries (GF). At GF, John oversaw strategic planning, M&A, venture investing, competitive analysis and industry benchmarking. At GF John also served on the Board of the company’s Trusted Foundry business and was a member of GF's US Government Security Committee. On the M&A front, John was a member of GF’s deal team when the company acquired IBM's Microelectronics operations and semiconductor manufacturing assets in 2015. John also represented GF as a board member at the Institute for Communication Technology Management (CTM) within USC’s Marshall School of Business.Previously, John served as an EVP with Punta Mita Partners (PMP), a high-tech consulting firm with a hybrid management services/strategic investor business model.Prior to GF and PMP, John served as the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Motorola Mobility (MMI). As CSO, John was responsible for strategic planning, M&A and Ventures for both MMI's Home (cable infrastructure and set-top box) and Mobile Devices businesses. John was also a member of the Motorola deal team when Google acquired MMI in 2012 at the headline valuation of $12.5 billion.Prior to joining Motorola, John worked as a buy-side investment analyst for his current employer, PRIMECAP Management Company.Prior to PRIMECAP, John worked as a Wall Street sell-side analyst and Managing Director at the Bank of Montreal (BMO Capital Markets), including predecessor firm Gerard Klauer Mattison.Prior to this, John worked for a private investment company focused on the online learning market.During the early-to-mid 1990s, John held product management, marketing and network operations positions with Bell Atlantic/NYNEX Mobile and PCS PrimeCo, which now collectively constitute Verizon Wireless.John began his career in 1983 as an officer in the United States Marine Corps (USMC), where he served on active duty for ten years, including two overseas deployments with an A-6 Intruder all-weather attack squadron, one tour as a forward air controller (FAC) with a special-operations-capable (SOC) infantry battalion, and one tour in procurement with the Marine Corps Systems Command.

Listed skills include Strategy, Product Management, Mergers And Acquisitions, Mobile Devices, and 33 others.