Here to chat and collab. A native Angeleno. John studied engineering at UCLA; founded Schmoozd.com, an offline social tech networking event in LA with 30,000 subs; ran a startup accelerator (StartEngine) for the co-founder of Activision. Worked for several major brands like Toyota, DIRECTV, Hitachi Consulting, ICANN, First American, Capital Group, and Raytheon.