| @buzzjohn | |
| Birthplace | NYC |
| Birthdate | 3/26/76 |
Ecommerce enthusiast, industry connector and seasoned sales leader.
John has extensive history helping build early-stage and growth enterprise ecommerce software organizations. He is a respected leader in the space and has played various roles in sales, sales leadership, and partner management for successful start-ups including Omniture, Net Perceptions, an early personalization pioneer, HookLogic and PowerReviews.
John served as Vice President of Sales at PowerReviews, the leading provider of social commerce solutions, where he led hatched and grew the company substantially over his 4+ year tenure. Under his leadership, PowerReviews saw aggressive expansion both domestically and abroad, earning the company the title of most widely deployed social commerce solution with more than 5,500 clients worldwide prior to being acquired by Bazaarvoice in 2012.
Most recently, he held the Senior Vice President of Sales role at HookLogic, a Bain backed ecommerce media monetization company, that helps retailers generate a new profit pool from deploying curated media programs on their site. He anchored the retail business with key relationships like Staples, Toys R Us, eBay (GSI Commerce) and others.
In November 2012, John was appointed the Chief Revenue Officer of ChatID, a Techstars incubated startup that provides the capability for customers to reach businesses from any digital touchpoint on the web through chat-based communication.
