John Taylor

John Taylor is an experienced CEO, Executive Chairman, and Board Member who has built, advised and raised capital for technology companies focused on business software, digital media, live events, and payments. John specializes in emerging growth companies poised to scale their operations and business and maximize overall value. He has secured multiple rounds of investment capital from venture firms and strategic investors and overseen mergers and acquisitions on both sides of the transaction.

John was the co-founder and CEO of Jatter, a payments and messaging company, and served as the Executive Chairman of Vendini, a leading online ticketing company that generated over $2 Billion in ticket sales that was acquired by AudienceView. As CEO of Ecast, John built the largest interactive, place-based media network in the U.S. with more than 10,000 connected, dynamically ad-served media devices in public venues. John also held executive leadership positions at Macromedia (acquired by Adobe), Quokka Sports, DimensionX (acquired by Microsoft), Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle) and NCR Corporation. John earned his Bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University.