John is an executive and venture capitalist with an extensive track record of founding, advising, and investing in the blockchain and eSports space. He is currently on the board of directors and special strategy advisor to ES Force, the second-largest independent eSports holdings company in the world, which owns EPICenter, Virtus Pro, ruHUB, and Cybersports.com.
Most recently he was the founding Executive Chairman responsible for the Asia Pacific for ESL, the largest eSports league in the world. Currently, he is also a board member at multiple sports-related ventures including DreamTeam, Elite Fighting Network, FirstBlood.io, Kinguin, LiquidMeta, and ModernPick.
In addition to his aforementioned roles, John is also active in the blockchain space, including advisory roles at Lykke AG, Blockchain Valley Ventures AG, Alpha Omega Capital, Hoth Tech Mining, and True Global Ventures.
John is a sought after speaker on the topics of eSports, Blockchain and Venture Capital at high profile events including the Asia eSports Forum, Asia Blockchain Summit, Digital Matters, the E3 Expo, the Global eSports Executive Summit (GEES), GDC, Korea Blockchain Week, the rAsia Forum, Softbank Asia Investment Forum, Sports Matters and Singapore Fintech Week, as well as has been quoted in the past in global publications such as Business Week and Reuters.