About John
I am a…
Business leader, Business mentor, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Parent, Startup
Bio
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Timeshift Media, Inc. 2009 - Present
CEO and Co-Founder, Los Angeles, California, USA
Holding company for a family of subscription video websites featuring Pilates and Yoga videos from some of the world's greatest teachers.
JoMa Ventures, Inc 2009 - 2014
CEO and Co-Founder, Los Angeles, California, USA
Online technology incubator focused on creating new online services supported through either ad revenue or subscriptions.
Technorati, Inc. 2008 - 2009
VP and GM Ad Services, Los Angeles, California, USA
Responsible for integrating the AdEngage business into Technorati and managing over 50% of the companies revenue.
AdEngage, Inc. 2005 - 2008
President and CEO, Los Angeles, California, USA
Managed an online ad network that profitably grew from one to 15 employees. AdEngage displayed over 12 billion ads per month on over 4000 websites to over 50 million unique visitors per month.
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. 2000 - 2004
Director, Business Development, Irvine, California, USA
Served as General Manager of the Wi-Fi public access broadband Internet business unit with profit and loss responsibility.
Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) 1987 - 2000
Based in London, Guildford, UK, Dallas and Los Angeles, USA
Served in a variety of roles in this multi-national oil and gas company.
Britoil plc 1983 - 1987
Petroleum Engineer, Glasgow and Aberdeen, UK
I'm passionate about
Travel, education, diet, exercise and friends
An idea worth spreading
We are all capable of doing more than we think is possible. As a society we need to convince ourselves that we should take the risk of doing projects that we are not confident that we can complete. The risk of failure is minimal and the opportunity to learn and create is huge.
Areas of expertise
Online Video Technology, Pilates, Subscription Based Models, Yoga
