John is a senior engineering leader and business manager with over 17 years of experience in startups, mid-stage and large public companies. He has created innovative and IP protected cloud services, created entirely new business models for large corporations and most recently ran a technology group at a leading global innovation firm, focused on providing innovation through software for leading consumer goods and services companies.

Paul has spent over 12 years leveraging web technologies to create solutions that break down traditional academic publishing models and has recently turned his myriad of talents to new efforts, including shipping an award winning iPad game (BallFallDown) and its associated Toy Review site, creating new consumer product concepts as well as creating PiggyPal, the worlds first ' I Did It' list.