Marketer

An entrepreneur and product lead for more than 25 years (first startup exited to Bankrate.com in 1999), John has a breadth of experience ranging from publishing and financial data, to corporate travel and rewards programs, to cryptocurrencies and blockchain/Web3. 

His roles have spanned product, marketing, operations, sales and software development. John started down the proverbial crypto rabbit hole in 2013 after a consulting project for Chris Larsen’s prior company (p2p lending platform Prosper) led him to being one of the first users of Ripple (XRP).

After 9 years at American Express in business travel, John completed a software engineering bootcamp in 2017 and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin hired him at Consensys as a back-end developer and product founder. 

At Consensys John co-founded a loyalty points platform for small businesses, as well as Smart Hotel Rate, which audited overcharging on corporate negotiated rates and spun out from Consensys in 2020. 

An advisor to threshold cryptography start-up Keep Network since 2017, John has been a key contributor to Threshold Network DAO (the result of the first on-chain protocol merger in 2022), serving in elected roles on its Council, Treasury, Integrations and Marketing committees.