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John has over 30 years of progressive executive level US domestic and international experience. This spans from Medgraph, Inc., World Council of Credit Unions, InterAmerican Development Bank to US Peace Corps. He is multi-skilled and bilingual, with extensive cross-cultural experience in nearly 50 different countries. John has in start-up expertise and experience in building sustainable networks of financial services and economic development organizations.
John's critical skills include community and economic development, building sustainable organizational and project management structures. He has designed and negotiated 25 major projects and managed more than 20 projects totaling $60 million, affecting the quality of life of 300 million people. He has held numerous leadership and advisory positions with US and International companies, including board level, and corporate levels as vice-president, and chief operating officer in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. During his tenure, John designed and implementated financial systems and services; developed corporate financial planning, including forecasting, policy, and portfolio management.
He has conducted market research, developed, and implemented marketing strategies, delivered products and services, developed public relations strategies, and communication and liaison in multicultural environments. His excellent leadership and team-building skills, along with interpersonal and facilitation skills, and strategic planning capability was at the disposal of business start-ups advising business owners, boards of directors, CEOs and national/regional financial associations in strategic, key policy and operations areas.
John is a principal, co-founder, officer and board member of Medgraph. He was the cornerstone and major contributor to the business. He helped accomplish many Medgraph "firsts" and laid the foundation for the company's maturity and growth. This included, incorporation, business plan development, financial planning, initial private investors, marketing strategy, strategic partner negotiations, grant preparation, and inventions and proposals for new intellectual property.
John earned a five-year Honors Bachelor of Commerce degree in Marketing and Finance from the University of Windsor. | 