John Dex
Seattle, Washington, US
John's Skills
Product Management
Business Development
Design
Marketing
Sales
Finance
Operations
Technical
Management
User Experience
Strategy
Background
Startup Experience
Founded 2+ startups
Age Group
36-55
About John
Experienced Product Leader and Entrepreneur.
CURRENT:
VP Product Management at MPIRICA, an early stage mobile health analytics startup scoring surgeons and hospitals on the basis of patient outcomes data.
PREVIOUS:
- Pre-IPO eBay product manager; built and launched eBayMotors--which has grown into a multi-billion dollar business;
- Authorize.Net. Director of product management for $80 million revenue business growing 20% per year Company sold to CyberSource for $585 million.
- Product management consultant with Seattle startups.
- Founded charitable giving startup Kindshares, Inc., and outdoor adventure travel mobile app startup RallyTo LLC
Work Experience
Vice President Product Management
MPIRICA Health Analytics
April 2016 - April 2018
Startup Advisor and Investor
Independent Professional
April 2018 - Today
Advising startups in business model creation and early stage customer validation. Certified lean startup coach applying frameworks to rapidly iterate towards a sustainable high growth business model. Focus on applications of software technologies to solve real-world problems. Active CoMotion and GIX startup mentor. Angel investor.
CEO Founder and Head of Product
RallyTo
October 2012 - April 2016
Bootstrapped mobile app startup. Developed and grew two revenue generating mobile apps focusing on location based services in the consumer adventure travel market and select B2B verticals. GroupGPS and Maps N Trax. Exited business by selling apps to other app publishers.
CEO Founder and Head of Product
Kindshares
January 2009 - September 2012
Developed and incubated product to streamline the process of donating appreciated stock to charity, a valuable tax-saving mechanism for philanthropy. Founder Institute entrepreneur.
Education
Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
MBA
1992 - 1994
Duke University
AB
1984 - 1988
Certification
Agile SCRUM Product Owner
Solutions IQ
Accelerator/Incubator
Founder's Institute
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