As Vice President of Manufacturing & Strategic Sales Accounts, John leads our day-to-day manufacturing processes and serves as the primary point-of-sale contact for large, strategic customers that partner with and integrate Zoombang into their products.
Before joining our team in 2019, he was independently active for many years in other business industries and activities, including manufacturing, offshore-energy construction, residential construction and real estate development.
John also has more than 30 years’ experience in diverse facets of the financial services industry, including banking, mutual fund investments and investment advisory services. He is a Registered Investment Advisor for Encompass Advisory Services, helping individuals, professionals and business owners strategically manage their investment portfolios.
Prior to joining Encompass, he founded Lakewood Capital Management, his own investment advisory firm. John also supervised a team of research analysts and traders in managing up to $4 billion in high-yield, fixed-income investments as a Senior Portfolio Manager for INVESCO.
Additionally, John has extensive experience handling both large-scale and day-to-day financial and administrative operations, such as accounting, credit administration, sales management, procurement and logistics, which he did for Mirex AquaPure Solutions and B&W Pipe Inc.
John was a Certified Public Accountant in Texas and holds a Series 65 Investor License, as well as a B.B.A. in Accounting from Sam Houston State University.