John Fletcher

Mr. Fletcher is managing partner of Fletcher Spaght Ventures, a venture capital fund. He is also the founder and CEO of Fletcher Spaght, Inc., a consulting firm that provides growth-focused strategy assistance to client companies. He has more than 30 years’ experience providing strategy and financing assistance to companies seeking to maximize the value of their innovation. Before launching FSI in 1983, Mr. Fletcher was a senior manager at The Boston Consulting Group. Previously, he was a Ph.D. candidate and instructor in international business at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to Wharton, he was a Captain and jet pilot in the US Air Force.

Mr. Fletcher is a current or past board member for many companies, including Spectranetics, Axcelis, AutoImmune, GlycoFi, NMT Medical, Quick Study Radiology, Alimed, Fischer Imaging and Panacos Pharmaceuticals. He also is or has been, a board member of many non-profit organizations including Board of Overseers of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, The Cardiology Council, Board of Overseers of Children’s Hospital of Boston and the Board of Advisors of the Boston University Photonics Center. His current and past board memberships also include various academic institutions – the Whitehead Institute at MIT, the Masters in Engineering Management program at Thayer School of Engineering and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and the School of Government and Business at George Washington University. He holds an MBA from Southern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from George Washington University.