Blue Dots Partners

John has led Silicon Valley technology start-ups and business units in major corporations for 30 years.

John has been CEO of three software start-ups including Actional (Progress Software) which grew to over 100 Global 2000 customers and became the market leader for Services Oriented Architecture management. He was also CEO at Consensys Software (Augeo) and established the Professional Services Automation market. Most recently, John was CEO of Pie Digital which developed connected home and Internet of Things solutions for service providers and Consumers. Previously, at Hewlett-Packard, John was VP and General Manager of the Managed Home business unit. John’s team pioneered a range of leading edge consumer devices, including networked TVs and home media servers, as well as content and services for the digital home. Earlier John led marketing at Talking Blocks, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard. He also spent several years as a Venture Partner with BlueStream Ventures, an infrastructure-focused Venture Capital firm. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, John was President of three Convergent Technologies subsidiaries and later became VP/GM for the Distributed Systems division at Unisys following its acquisition of Convergent. John started his carrier as consumer products brand manager at the Clorox Company and General Mills.

John earned his MBA from Stanford University and his undergraduate degree in Stanford’s Economics Honors program.