Advisor

John is a global technology investment veteran. He is known for his financial leadership, with a long career as CFO of IBM, and Managing Director of SilverLake Partners.                                                                                                           
John served as the President of IBM Asia Pacific, responsible for providing business direction and strategy for IBM’s 19 country operations across the Asia/Pacific region, including China and India. He served as a Vice President and Controller of IBM’s global operations, and was part of the team responsible for the successful reengineering of IBM in the mid-1990s. His merger and acquisition activity at the company included the sale of IBM’s PC business to Lenovo, it’s HDD business to Hitachi, and its purchase of PWC Consulting. This activity paved the way for IBM’s transformation from box maker to technology consulting powerhouse.

John’s final role at IBM was running Global Services, responsible for $60bn of revenue and 178,000 employees.

In 2005 he joined SilverLake Partners. SilverLake is the world’s largest technology focused PE fund, responsible for early investments in many of the biggest technology company successes of the last 15 years. As Managing Director, John was a member of the investment committee, and a leader of SilverLakes value creation team. After SilverLake, he took Silver Spring Networks public serving as Vice Chairman and CFO.

John has been on the boards of Hewlett Packard, Avago (Broadcom), Bertelsmann AG, Intelsat, Gartner and Sabre.

John’s direct tech investing credentials include seed investments leading to major follow-ons. His portfolio includes a company which achieved a Series D investment from Softbank.
John’s decades at the top of international technology finance brings HealthNow vast networks and relationships, and direct access to the US market for our successful global ventures.