Prior to joining Duff Ackerman & Goodrich (DAG) in 1999, John was a Managing Director at Amsterdam Pacific, an investment bank specializing in media and telecommunications. While at Amsterdam Pacific Corporation, John worked with BBU Mezzanine Fund I and BBU Mezzanine Fund II, where he sourced, supported and exited mezzanine investments across a number of industries. Previously, John worked at Octel Communications (now Lucent Technologies) and Tandem Computers (now H-P) in Marketing and Strategic Planning roles. He also worked at JP Morgan in both capital markets and corporate finance. John received a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. John led DAG's investments into Tropos Networks, Qlusters, Inc, Centrata, Kovio Inc., Agami, Picarro, Trapeze Networks, Topspin Communications, Entrisphere and RMI. He serves on the board at Qlusters, Trapeze Networks, Picarro and Entrisphere, and served on netVmg's board prior to its acquisition by InterNAP Network Services and Pedestal Networks' board prior to its acquisition by UT Starcom. |