John Gannon

Current

Associate at L Capital Partners
Advisor at VAlign

Past

Intern at Chart Venture Partners
Field Study at Highland Capital Partners
Marketing and Business Development Intern at RecordMyCalls.com

Senior Manager (Professional Services) at VMware
Infrastructure Architect (Director of Operations) at FOXSports.com
Leader - Systems Analyst at Scient
Network Engineer at The Internet Access Company

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Education

Columbia University - Columbia Business School
University of Pennsylvania

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

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John Gannon’s Summary

Always interested in hearing about new and interesting startup companies, particularly in the IT and digital media spaces.

John Gannon’s Specialties:

- Services and solutions sales
- Datacenter technology
- Technology due diligence
- Negotiations
- Management

John Gannon’s Experience

Associate

L Capital Partners

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

July 2008 — Present (4 months)

L Capital Partners invests in development and later-stage companies in the healthcare, technology, energy, and environment sectors.

I personally focus on IT and digital media investments.
Advisor

VAlign

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

I currently serve on the Board of Advisers for VAlign, a software company that is developing a solution for virtual infrastructure management and chargeback. My involvement includes assistance with business plan development, go-to-market strategy, and fundraising.
Intern

Chart Venture Partners

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

Chart Venture Partners was founded with ~$100M to invest in early stage companies with proven entrepreneurs and technologies. Chart Venture Partners is building successful, enduring companies with best of breed technologies for government and commercial markets.

At Chart I was responsible for screening enterprise software and IT security-related deal flow.

I also assisted with due diligence, market research, and potential exit analysis related to Chart's Series B investment in NoblePeak Imaging Co.
Field Study

Highland Capital Partners

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)
Marketing and Business Development Intern

RecordMyCalls.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)

RecordMyCalls.com allows individuals and businesses to record their phone calls from any phone, any time, without any additional hardware or software.

I helped RecordMyCalls.com develop their business plan and supported the company during the venture capital due diligence process.
Senior Manager (Professional Services)

VMware

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; EMC; Computer Software industry)

May 2003 — December 2006 (3 years 8 months)

Managed a team of twelve consultants and project managers that had a $2M yearly revenue run rate. Exceeded margin goals on a quarterly basis.

Closed over $500,000 in services business with no prior sales experience. Maintained a $1 million services sales pipeline.

Negotiated favorable rates and terms of service with consulting subcontractors.

Developed new service offerings and enhanced existing consulting methodologies and services.

Recipient of VMware Professional Services Practice Development and 'Road Warrior' Awards.

Contributor to 'Deploying the VMware Infrastructure' (SAGE Short Topics in System Administration series)
Infrastructure Architect (Director of Operations)

FOXSports.com

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; FOX; Broadcast Media industry)

April 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 2 months)

Hired and managed FOXSports.com systems and network infrastructure team.

Responsible for managing million dollar hardware/software budget.

Supported major TV/Internet integrations during World Series, Super Bowl, and American Idol broadcasts.

Negotiated Service Level Agreements and contracts with Hosting and Application Service Providers. Responsible for vendor selection and RFP process.

Supported and developed technology infrastructure used for video encoding and distribution.
Leader - Systems Analyst

Scient

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 9 months)

Implemented Solaris based infrastructure in support of Single-Sign-On banking portal and Customer Relationship Management for Chase Manhattan Bank.

Lead systems administrator on deployment of high availability, high traffic web infrastructure for Major League Baseball.
Network Engineer

The Internet Access Company

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

1994 — 1999 (5 years)

The Internet Access Company (TIAC) was the premier Internet access provider in the Northeast during the mid 90's.

I did everything from administrating DNS servers to taking customer service calls. It was a great learning experience and provided me with some pocket money in high school and college.

TIAC was eventually acquired by PSI.

John Gannon’s Education

Columbia University - Columbia Business School

MBA, Finance, Entrepreneurship, 2007 — 2008

Dean's List, Fall 2007

Awarded 1st Prize in McKinsey Small Business Consulting Program competition

Activities and Societies:

Venture Capital and Private Equity Club, Small Business Consulting Program, VP of Technology for Men's Rugby Football Club
University of Pennsylvania

BSE, Computer Science, 1995 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Delta Upsilon Fraternity