John became a partner at the Firm in 2024 having served as an Operating Advisor since 2021. Prior to this he served as the Executive Chairman of Belden (NYSE: BDC), a global supplier of specialty networking solutions for broadband, enterprise, and industrial markets from May 2020 to February 2021. Prior to his role as Executive Chairman, John had been the President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Prior to joining Belden, John was employed by Danaher Corporation. He initially served as Vice President, Business Development and was promoted to President of a division of Danaher’s Motion Group and later to Group Executive of the Motion Group. Prior to his time at Danaher, he was Vice President of Marketing with Scientific Technologies Inc. John is the Chairman of Indicor and SunSource. In addition, he is a director of Barry-Wehmiller. John has an M.B.A. from the University of California-Berkeley and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University.