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John McCullough

Partner

Joined

2015

Honors & Awards

John is a CFA charterholder.

Education

Dartmouth College
MBA, Tuck School of Business

Providence College
BS, Finance, cum laude

Portfolio

Balihoo (acq.)
Monetate
Open-E
Sonian

JOHN MCCULLOUGH
Partner

John is a Partner and CFO at OpenView, where he leads our Capital Markets, Finance, Marketing, and Operations functions. He joined the firm in 2016 to initially launch our corporate development practice focused on generating portfolio liquidity and financing events.

At OpenView, we’re able to maximize impact and create value through intense focus—sector focus, stage focus, portfolio focus, and focus in how we work with and support our companies.

Prior to joining OpenView, John was Director of Corporate Development at Rocket Software, a global enterprise software company where he drove inorganic growth initiatives and business development activities. While there he successfully executed 10 acquisitions, including public company carve-outs, stock purchases and cross-border transactions. Before Rocket, John focused on M&A as an investment banker at Barclays Capital, and he has also held various roles within the asset management industry

News Articles

Strategic Corp Dev Playbook: How to Improve Your Odds of Being Acquired

Special thanks to Kyle Poyar for helping to compile this article and deck. CEOs and executive teams at fast growing

DataStax’s Matthew Rollender on What Business Development Should Look Like at a Startup

DataStax’s Vice President of Cloud Strategy, Matthew Rollender, has spent his career in the high tech sector first on

5 Mistakes that Can Ruin Your Acquisition (and How to Avoid Them)

Tech companies of all stages and sizes are faced with the build vs. partner vs. buy decision, and for

No Head of Biz Dev? 6 Steps to Get Your Strategic Business Development Effort Up & Running

Building corporate relationships with organizations outside of your own (aside from customers and suppliers) is important — very

Borrow Wisely: 10 Criteria to Help You Compare Venture Debt Term Sheets

As either a key source of minimally dilutive growth funding and / or runway between equity financings, debt is

The Usual Suspects: Identifying Key Decision-Makers for B2B Strategic Partnerships

B2B SaaS startups can gain great go-to-market leverage from partnering with larger ecosystem players, whether via co-marketing, a

Thinking Like an M&A Expert: 8 Questions to Ask When Hiring Your Investment Banker

Thinking Like an M&A Expert: 7 Tips on Aligning Yourself with Potential Acquirers

People

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In March, to help stop the spread of COVID-19, we temporarily closed our office in Boston and became a fully remote team overnight. We all miss being in the same place together, but we’ve adapted to the current environment and have fully embraced Zoom and Slack so we can stay as connected as possible.

Investment

Blake Bartlett

Clay Berger

Julia Brino

Brian Carthas

Mackey Craven

Daniel Demmer

Sam Devine

Kyra Dubinsky

Business Operations Analyst

Sean Fanning

Chris Gaertner

Kaitlyn Henry

Tom Holahan

Chris Jackson

Sanjiv Kalevar

Tim Keebler

Gavin Loudfoot

Scott Maxwell

Devon McDonald

Ricky Pelletier

Alex Quiñones

Brendan Rempel

George Roberts

Sam Rotner

Jacob Suh

Colin Vergilio

Max Zang

Expansion

Rohma Abbas

Managing Editor

Katie Adams

Talent Sourcer

Julia Beech

Executive Network Coordinator

Alex Carrier

Sr. Talent Manager

Maggie Crean

Talent Manager

Shannon Curran

Director of Content Strategy

Vivian Foley

Talent Sourcer

Melissa Gavin

VP, Talent

Alexa Horwitz

Community Manager

Meg Johnson

Senior Manager of Creative Strategy

Sam Johnson

Corporate Development Associate

Maeve Juday

Talent Sourcer

Margaret Kelsey

Vice President of Marketing

Tom Kenyon

Portfolio & Investment Analysis Associate

Alex Maas

Senior Talent Manager

John McCullough

Partner

Robby McKittrick

Learning and Development Specialist

Vinnie McSweeney

Vice President of Corporate Development

Steve Melia

Partner

Jacqueline Murphy

Vice President, Capital Markets

Kaitlin O’Mealey

Email Marketing Manager

Val Podbelski

Marketing Manager

Kyle Poyar

Partner

Casey Renner

Partner

Sam Richard

Vice President of Growth

Bridget Snow

Talent Sourcer

Courtney Steinkrauss

Director, Lifecycle Marketing

Curt Townshend

Senior Director, Growth

Operations

Christina Cello

Management Company Controller

Andrea Dawson

Executive Coordinator

Jill Della Grotta

Executive Coordinator

Cibele Goncalves

Finance Administrator

Maggie Grussing

Senior Accountant

Rufus King

Chief Legal Officer

Alex Lau

Vice President of Business Operations

Kiva Leibowitz

Office Operations Manager

Bonnie Lewis

Executive Finance and Audit Chair

Suzanne Meincke

Senior Fund Accountant

Liz Moertel

Vice President of Finance

Kristen Murray

Fund Controller

Mallory Pagano

Compliance Director & Counsel

Connor Pendray

FP&A Senior Financial Analyst

Emily Runey

Executive Coordinator

Jocelyn Sector

Senior Manager, Experience

Danielle Tedesco

Senior Director, Operations

Morgan Waesche

Accounting Manager

Jill Wieczorek

Senior Accountant

Sara Woodworth

Director of People Operations