Profile
John established Ignition Partner Limited in June 2002 to advise companies on strategies for growth from innovation, with an emphasis on Technology, IP, Structure and Capital Planning. He has been a director of Caltech Capital Limited since 1996 and non-executive Chairman since 1999. John spent several years in company development, operations management and senior executive roles in listed corporates. He spent 15 years with Fernz Corporation, the last 12 years as the Corporate Development Manager with responsibilities including local and offshore initiatives in start-up, joint venture and acquisition strategies. He is a director of several unlisted companies. John lectures in technology management at Waikato Unversity and is on the Board of Massey nanotechnology. He is deputy chair of the advisory group for Technology NZ and was President of IPENZ in 2001.
