John Brooks

John L. Brooks III is the Managing Director of Healthcare Capital LLC, a consulting firm that is enabling innovative solutions in obesity, pre-diabetes, and diabetes pandemics. John is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center, a Boston based diabetes research, clinical care, and education organization. A well-known life sciences executive, Mr. Brooks has co-founded seven life sciences companies, including Insulet (PODD), a disruptive insulin delivery company. He was a co-founder of Prism Venture Partners, a $1.25B venture capital firm. Prior to that, John was the Emerging Business Group General Manager at Pfizer/Valleylab, where he was responsible for Pfizer’s minimally invasive surgery and new medical technologies businesses. As President/GM at Pfizer/Strato, he led the growth of a rapidly evolving vascular access medical device business.

A native of Massachusetts, he holds an M.S. in Business Administration and a B.B.A. cum laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and he is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Brooks is on the board of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.