John graduated from Fordham College (Political Science) and Pace University (MBA in Finance).

For almost 17 years he covered the telecommunications and networking industries for CommunicationsWeek, Data Communications, InternetWeek, InteractiveWeek, and freelanced for Barron’s and Equities among others. Twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, John received a Jesse Neal Award in 1998 for articles about WorldCom, and researched trends in the telecommunications for SG Cowen Securities. John primarily manages media relations efforts for International Business Wales.