John’s base practical business experience comes from 20 plus years in the Hospitality industry working 18 years for Hyatt hotels and 4 years with Doubletree and Promus Hotel Corp. He also has 14 years in the Loyalty and Incentive industry working with two of his startup companies, Destination Rewards Inc. and Incentive Response LLC.
John began his entrepreneur career with co-founding StarCite Inc., an internet-based startup, that grew into a $50 million per year company. John has since then started 6 additional successful startup companies, including Destination Rewards Inc., a $100 million per year rewards company, that was sold to Deluxe Corporation Inc. in 2013.
John has experience and has overseen all aspects of a start-up company’s operations. His expertise includes sales, marketing, technology, accounting, general business development, and management planning at both the corporate and individual business unit levels.
John has developed revolutionary patented rewards programs, incentive concepts and strategies for consumers, clients, and suppliers, and was named one of the 25 most influential executives in the Meeting and Event Industry by Meeting News (July 2000).
John graduated from Marquette University with a Business Administration degree with specialties in Finance and Marketing
Now branching into the Mortgage Industry, John brings his extensive business expertise to this company. John has been a student of the financing industry for the past 30 years and attributes his success in developing solutions to what seemed to be unattainable by many others.