John focuses on investments in internet and software companies.
John has been a member of TAβs Core Investment and Portfolio Committees since 2012, a member of TA's Management Committee since 2019 and has been a Managing Director since 2006. He formerly served as co-head of TA's North America Technology Group. John joined TA in 1997 and has more than 21 years of experience in the private equity industry, including having spent more than six years helping the expansion of the European Office for TA.
Career Highlights
- Sponsored 24 investments at TA, including 12 international headquartered investments
- Involved in eight companies that have exited at enterprise values in excess of $1 billion, including four IPOs
- Sponsored investments in financial technology, software, internet and medical devices
- Sponsored Investments in Europe, India and the United States
- Involved in TAs investment efforts in Asia
Former Experience
- Robertson, Stephens & Company β Financial Analyst in the Information Services Group
Education
- Yale University β BS, with Distinction, Mathematics
Board Representation
Current
- Confluence
- Flashtalking
- StorageCraft Technology Corporation
Board Observer
- MISA
Active Investor
- LegalZoom
Former
- Amann Girrbach AG
- AVG Technologies
- Creditex
- eCircle
- Fotolia Holdings
- GlobeOp Financial Services
- Lava Trading
- Monotype Imaging
- OpenLink Financial
- SmartStream Technologies
Former Active Investor
- Bats Global Markets
- Datek (Ameritrade)
- Idea Cellular
- Instinet (Island ECN)
- MIS Implants Technologies
Other
- Member Yale Development Council
- Board of Trustees at St. Paul's School
Featured Investments

Acquired by Capvis

Acquired by TD Waterhouse

IPO: NYSE: AVG; Acquired by Avast

IPO: BZX: BATS; Acquired by CBOE Holdings, Inc.


Acquired by IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.

Acquired by Teradata


Acquired by Adobe

IPO: LSE: GO.

IPO: NSE: IDEA

Acquired by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

Acquired by Citigroup Inc.


Acquired by Dentsply Sirona


IPO: NASDAQ: TYPE

Acquired by The Carlyle Group

Acquired by DIFC Investments
