John is the founder and owner/manager of Comscient Group and an independent technology and strategic research consultant. His clients have included top tier global and niche strategy and management consulting firms, top tier global and other technology end-users, top tier and niche venture capital and private equity firms, and top tier global and startup technology providers.
 
John is a highly experienced, results oriented consultant, IT practitioner and IT analyst/industry specialist, and entrepreneur with strong business acumen.

Experienced in leading small and large scale consulting, business planning, vendor and technology due diligence, and strategic business research projects for clients across the globe, often with challenging deadlines and budgets.
 
  • 25 years experience working in information technology including as a business analyst, project manager, and developer/implementer of customer relationship management systems and databases, financial industry applications for retail financial services and capital markets, and developing applications using business rules management systems and emerging information technologies.
  • 20 years experience as a technology analyst/industry specialist advisor and technology due diligence consultant.
  • 18 years experience as a business owner and business manager.
  • Subject matter specialist in financial industry IT, new media industry IT, customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing systems IT, and emerging information technologies (emerging information technologies and new innovative/pioneering high risk/reward vendors).

John's clients have included:

  • technology vendors, technology startups, and technology entrepreneurs needing a sounding board or seeking research to inform and advice on business strategy, technology strategy, business planning, sales and marketing, acquisitions and strategic alliances (locating and evaluating), and sales channels and go-to-market execution.
  • technology venture capital and private equity firms seeking to locate and evaluate new investment and technology buy-out opportunities.
  • strategy and technology management consulting firms requiring research and advice to backup and support client engagement teams in informing and advising their clients.
  • top management, senior executives, and business owners seeking research to inform and advice on matters related to business-technology planning, high stakes technology decision making, business requirements analysis, vendor and technology due diligence, and technology acquisition (locating and evaluating vendors and their solutions, RFI/RFP/ITT preparation and evaluation, vendor relationship management....).
  • technology marketing services firms seeking industry and market research and insight to inform and incorporate into their clients' marketing and PR campaigns.

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