CEO, Co-Founder

John co-founded Observatory Group in 2007. In addition to managing the business, John runs the firm’s series of meetings with policy makers and subject matter experts. A futurist, John gives lectures to central banks and academic institutions on the deflationary impacts of automation and artificial intelligence. Prior to co-founding Observatory Group, John was managing director for the G7 Group, a macro-economic consultancy. In the 90s, John helped launch a tech startup in Connecticut, worked in film production as a location scout, location manager and production manager on several independent films in New York, as an English teacher in France, a decorative painter in Virginia and California, tour guide in France, New Zealand and Australia, and deckhand in Washington and Alaska. An avid surfer, yogi and cyclist, John has surfed in nine countries across four continents, and as of March 2020, has logged 3,918 miles citibiking all over the five boroughs of New York city.

Education

NYU STERN, M.B.A. Finance

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, B.A.