John is the CEO of Gravity where his responsibilities include strategic planning, leadership and overall operations. |
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John’s career highlights include several years at Intergraph where he was the most successful sales rep in company history including landing a $70m order. John co-founded Intergraph’s Consulting Solutions division and built the group from inception to $100m in total revenues. John also co-founded Intergraph’s Corporate Account Group and their Global Business Partner program.
More recently John has been: the Chairman of Gem Pharmaceuticals; CEO of Asian based, hi-tech video gaming company MadCatz; and the Co-CEO of eCommerce pioneer LandInfo International.
During his career, John has led and facilitated the securing of approximately $100,000,000 in private and institutional capital commitments for challenged early-stage companies: equity, mezzanine, senior and subordinate debt, and M&A with economic development subsidies. He was the lead General Partner in an entrant in the Indianapolis 500 in 1992 and 1993 driven by Johnny Parsons. |
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Jim is Gravity Investments' founder and CTO. His responsibilities at Gravity include financial engineering, software design, intellectual property and business strategy. |
Jim began his career in Chicago at the nerve center of the financial markets: the futures and options trading floors at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. At the CME, he was a runner, clerk and member of the exchange. As an exchange member, Jim served as a foreign-exchange derivates specialist. He advised and executed private client from the floor of the International Monetary Markets division of the CME, his insight into the foreign exchange markets resulting in an excellent trading record. There Jim began to gravitate towards programmatic trading and designed and executed strategies for banks and private clients.
Jim then instituted a tactical options campaign executed off the exchange floor with the Spike Trading division of the Rosenthal Collins Group. Through this highly successful campaign, Jim gained a holistic view of the investment industry in securities and financial planning. Jim then accepted a position with AXA Advisors (AXA), one of the world’s largest money managers. There he used a strategic approach and that was very complementary to his tactical investment background.
Inspired by the work of Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz and the efficient frontier, the discovery of Diversification Optimization drove Jim to devote all of his energies to the development of Diversification Optimization and G-Sphere. His vision of a more perfect investment management system is at the heart of Gravity Investments.
Jim is from Fort Collins, Colorado, and has a Bachelor’s in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
John is a veteran CFO, treasurer and financial leader of Software companies both small and large. |
John began his career as a financial journalist and editor of the Netherlands’ preeminent financial trade publication.
After coming to the United States and earning a MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
John took a role with General Atlantic Partners. John’s diverse financial background was put to work later as Treasure of Baan Company during their rapid growth phase. At Baan, John was the most senior financial executive in the United States.
Most recently, John has been the CFO of two start-ups that have successfully raised early round money. |
