FOUNDER

Student, Fresh Thinker & Emerging Entrepreneur

Georgetown Freshman, McDonough School of Business. Current DC Barfly & College Social Butterfly. Emerging tech entrepreneur–BARcode is his idea!

FOUNDER

Tenured Technology Executive & Board Member

Over 20years of leading product and engineering teams for some of the largest enterprise software firms in the world– Oracle, IBM, Infor, Mimecast.

Designed & built first revenue & supply optimization platform for tier 1 retailers globally (acquired by Oracle Retail).

Former bar frequenter in DC, New York, Boston, Chicago, Phoenix. London, & other metro areas globally:).

SENIOR ADVISOR

Food & Beverage Entrepreneur – Retail, Wholesale & Manufacturing

Created Topeca Coffee, international grower, importer, roaster, distributor and retailer based in Tulsa, OK.

Launched multiple bar and restaurant concepts, including Hodges Bend, Lowood, Saturn Room, and OPEN Container as a part of Tulsa Boxyard and tapped into the food and beverage industry/network nationally and globally.

Former IT consultant and deployment expert for Unilever, energy firms, and other businesses.

SENIOR ADVISOR

Noah Bush started in the restaurant and hospitality industry at 17 years old. Wanting to provide a more upscale beverage experience, Noah opened Hodges Bend in 2013. Since then, John and Noah have developed several other concepts together, namely Lowood Modern Woodfire, Saturn Room Tiki Lounge, and Open Container.