John Cooper

John Cooper is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of BrightWire – a firm that harnesses world class technology and highly educated analysts to deliver deeply insightful news streams originating in languages around the world. Mr. Cooper was previously an Investment Banker with Bear Stearns, in their Technology, Media, and Telecom group. Prior to that, John held technology and sales management positions with Plumtree Software. John began his career as a Software Engineer with Sun Microsystems. John is also co-founder and Chairman of Aviadi Foundation, a disaster relief organization that provides humanitarian relief to remote areas of the world using general aviation. Mr. Cooper received his BA in Computer Science from Gettysburg College and MBA from Columbia Business School.