Director at The John and Elizabeth Veenstra Foundation
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Entrepreneur at Entrepreneur and Inventor
- Director at The John and Elizabeth Veenstra Foundation
- Past
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- CEO at GeoTag Management Group
- Chairman and President at Cityhub.com
- Owner/President at John Veenstra Independent Consulting
- CEO and President at Zland, Inc
- Senior VP Sales and Marketing at Wallace Computer Services (Moore Business Forms)
- CEO and President at First Electronic Forms
- CEO/President at Boardroom Business Products
- VP Sales and Marketing at Emory Airfreight (Consolidated Freightways)
- CFO at Corl Group
- Hi Performance Mgmt Training at Chrysler Corporation
- Education
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- Wayne State University
- Calvin College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
John Veenstra’s Summary
Raised in the small town of Fremont Michigan, John Veenstra has led a life of inventing. With nearly 40 years of creating new inventions, and a long portfolio of achievements, Veenstra presides as CEO of GeoTag Management Group.
In the late 1960s, John created the first of his many innovations – the process of automated manufacturing portion control and an investment aggregation system for the commercial paper market.
In the early 1980’s, with the introduction of IBM’s first PC, John started one of the early PC retail businesses. Boardroom Business Products became one of the largest retail chains and featured an innovative central configuration and delivery system.
In the early 1990’s John shifted focus to software with the invention of electronic forms.
In 1995, John began working on patented inventions associated with the newly emerging Internet and patented geographic search under US patent 5930474. He founded Zland.com, in 1995, where he lead the team that created the first tools for database publishing into HTML pages; the first online industry portal, school site, community site and yellow page site; and created the Application Service Provider (ASP) industry.
John Veenstra is currently the CEO of GeoTag Management Group of Plano, Texas. Using GeoTag location based technology, Veenstra continues to lead innovation, technology and marketing of new product lines ranging from geographic search engines, yellow pages, B2B exchanges, financial services and fraud protection services, as well as geographic subscription services.
Mr. Veenstra is actively involved in the charitable organization, The John and Elizabeth Veenstra Foundation dedicated to provide funds to support research on biodiversity of feed and livestock; water, food and land preservation, health and longevity, including lifestyle and education. www.veenstrafoundation.org
John Veenstra’s Specialties:
Location Based Services, Geolocation technology, Geotag technology, Intellectual Property, Innovations, Inventing, Entrepreneur, Patents
John Veenstra’s Experience
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Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur and Inventor
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Director
The John and Elizabeth Veenstra Foundation
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
The John W Veenstra and Elizabeth Veenstra Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization established to provide funds to support research and education on biodiversity of seed, livestock and preservation of farm land including sustainable and organic farming. . We believe that the combination of a diverse natural food supply and healthy land supports the health and longevity for humans.
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CEO
GeoTag Management Group
(Computer Software industry)
2007 — February 2009 (2 years)
Managing GeoTag technology in the areas of Internet search and advertising, mobile, telecom, database, network, advertising, media content, music and entertainment, video, financial services, online commerce, distribution, marketing, credit card processing, credit and collection, and point of sale transactions.
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Chairman and President
Cityhub.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1999 — June 2007 (7 years 11 months)
The company is no longer operating, but I continue as it's only remaining officer and director until 2010
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Owner/President
John Veenstra Independent Consulting
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years)
During this three year period I worked on new inventions and innovations. I consistently worked on concepts and ideas to be patented. I also worked on starting my next company and worked on setting this up as well as raising funding for operations of my software company.
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CEO and President
Zland, Inc
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
1995 — 2003 (8 years)
ZLAND.COM, INC. We are a leading applications service provider, or ASP, offering proprietary Web-based software applications and related services that enable small and mid-sized businesses to cost-effectively take their operations online and automate their business processes. Our e-business solutions address a full range of business functions, from establishing a basic Web presence, to selling products over the Internet, to optimizing business operations such as sales force and supply chain automation, customer support, human resources and financial management. Our software applications are deployed rapidly through the Internet to our customers on a rental basis and are easily integrated with their business processes and existing information technology, or IT, systems.
As of March 2000, we offered our solutions throughout the United States from franchised 37 sales offices. We also have offices in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Germany and the United Kingdom. -
Senior VP Sales and Marketing
Wallace Computer Services (Moore Business Forms)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Printing industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
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CEO and President
First Electronic Forms
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
1990 — 1993 (3 years)
Sold company to Wallace Computer Services (Moore Business Forms)
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CEO/President
Boardroom Business Products
(Privately Held; Computer Hardware industry)
1982 — 1990 (8 years)
Retail Computer stores. First of its kind. Largest retailer in 1980's
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VP Sales and Marketing
Emory Airfreight (Consolidated Freightways)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
1979 — 1982 (3 years)
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CFO
Corl Group
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Building Materials industry)
1971 — 1979 (8 years)
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Hi Performance Mgmt Training
Chrysler Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)
1967 — 1971 (4 years)
John Veenstra’s Education
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Wayne State University
MBA , Economics , 1967 — 1970
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Calvin College
BA , Finance , 1963 — 1967
Additional Information
John Veenstra’s Websites:
John Veenstra’s Honors:
1996 - US Patent 5930474 Internet organizer for accessing geographically and topically based information.
1999 - CAL-IT Award; Best New Technology; ASP
1999 - SEC Filing S1 - IPO ZLAND.COM
http://sec.edgar-online.com/2000/03/29/08/0001095811-00-000771/Section13.asp
John Veenstra’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
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