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John is an early stage investor focusing primarily on technology opportunities in the U.S. and Latin America. He led the early financing and is a director (chairman 2010-15) of Open Education, the parent company of Open English and Next_U, two of the leading online learning platforms in the Americas. John is an investor in and lead director of itopia, which is Google Cloud’s partner in the enterprise virtual desktop space. He is also a director of the career networking platform Localized.

John is an advisory director of the language service provider ProTranslating, the casual dining group Sushi Maki and the ed tech investment company Exceed Capital Partners. He recently co-founded the software outsourcing company Code Labs, which is working with programmers in Cuba, Chile and Argentina.

He is a Senior Advisor to Endeavor Global, the leading non-profit organization promoting entrepreneurship in the developing world, and has been actively involved in entrepreneur mentoring and selection with that organization for the last 15 years. John is also a member of the Council of the Americas and the Council on Foreign Relations.