John’s hands-on managerial style makes him an accessible problem solver. Licensed to sell insurance in all 50 states, he understands the dynamics of personal, commercial and surplus lines from a broad perspective as well as at the detail level. In an unusual role for a CEO, John is also the project manager for the design and maintenance of InsureZone’s insurance rating and sales CRM platform. The platform is one that he helped design and is currently used by 25,000 insurance agencies around the U.S. for insurance shopping and policy servicing. John founded InsureZone in 1999, and joined the company management team as CEO in 2003. The company was established to sell insurance online using an e-commerce platform to manage the sale and service of any policy. The software platform created by InsureZone continues to increase in functionality and is still the backbone of the business strategy that keeps InsureZone growing.