John is the Senior Associate Director for Alumni and Venture Capital Programming at the Eugene Lang Center for Entrepreneurship. Before joining the Lang Center, John spent ten years working in the NYC startup community as an operator, consultant, and mentor. Most recently John has been devising digital and growth strategies for startups, founders and small businesses. John has served on multiple founding teams building, launching and growing new products in the fields of fintech, insurtech, and music. A native New Yorker, John holds an MA in Management & Art History from the University of St Andrews and an MBA from Columbia Business School.