John K. Roberts. III

John is a Co-Founder of Mariposa Technology and serves as its President/Chief Knowledge Officer. As CKO, John ensures the company manages knowledge as a strategic asset by identifying which classes of knowledge deliver value, and require attention and development. John brings a professional obsession for examining unnoticed details across a range of businesses in his thirty years as an entrepreneur. He brings analytical expertise to the team by having negotiated multiple contracts with Fortune-500 companies, as well as investment deals and agreements with large partners, vendors and financial institutions across a range of industries. John considers his greatest accomplishment to have successfully built multiple teams across his businesses, all of which were fiercely loyal to each other and the team’s mission. In 2018, John successfully exited his retail store chain after growing to annual revenues of $30MM and 100+ team members. Over the last twenty years, John has been recognized by Forty Under Forty, earned LA DEQ licenses, contracted as a professional services expert to DOTD, and was licensed by the state board of contractors while successfully investing in housing and real estate. John has several startup investments and is currently working full-time on Mariposa Technology.

John has experience serving on BODs in leadership positions for large business associations, such as the 800-member Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, and was the youngest President of the Gulf Coast Shell Board. His charitable endeavors include Raintree Children and Family Services (Board Member & Audit Chair) and the successful community-based Front Porch Project (Board) & Stop The Tolls (Board). John is sometimes chided for being a “professional” networker, often participating in multiple events on a weekly basis. John is a graduate of Tulane University (B.A. History) and Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans. Married with three sons, John calls New Orleans home.