John Hansen

John provides strategic insight and guidance for Media Partners and is responsible for leading all the company’s growth and innovation initiatives. He has a passion for helping organizations with their Respectful Workplace, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and Sexual Harassment Prevention initiatives as well as creating a workplace where employees are engaged, respectful, and committed to company success.

John is an 8-time CEO with 20+ years of experience developing world-class organizations that disrupt industries, including GoAhead Software and Vallent which were acquired by Oracle and IBM respectively.

John received his BS in Computer Science from BYU and his MBA from the University of Washington. He is a lecturer at UW’s Foster School of Business, teaching Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and sits on the Board of Paragon Development Systems.