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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

Joe Botsch

Liz Cain

Brian Carthas

Joyce Chen

Venture Network & Partnerships

Mackey Craven

Daniel Demmer

Khira Gabliani

Rak Garg

Guillermo Grimaldo

Dan Heck

Kaitlyn Henry

Tom Holahan

Sanjiv Kalevar

Max Kardon

Tim Keebler

Scott Maxwell

Devon McDonald

Ricky Pelletier

Alex Quiñones

Brendan Rempel

George Roberts

Grace Steelman

Jacob Suh

Expansion

Katie Adams

Talent Sourcer

Maggie Crean

Talent Sourcer

Sean Fanning

Senior Director of Portfolio and Investment Analysis

Kristin Hillery

Senior Content Manager

Alexa Horwitz

Community Manager

Meg Johnson

Multimedia Marketer

Margaret Kelsey

Director of Marketing

Tom Kenyon

Portfolio & Investment Analysis Associate

Alex Maas

Senior Talent Manager

John McCullough

Partner

Robby McKittrick

People Team Intern

Juline McMullen

Learning and Development Leader

Vinnie McSweeney

Director of Corporate Development

Steve Melia

Vice President, Executive Talent

Matt Nelson

VP, Growth Team

Kyle Poyar

VP, Growth

Casey Renner

VP, Executive Network

Sam Richard

Director of Growth

Ben Rudinski

Corporate Development Analyst

Samsu Sallah

Visual Design Co-Op

Courtney Steinkrauss

Senior Manager, Demand Marketing

Amanda Walker

Senior Talent Manager

Peter Weed

Partner

Operations

Allie Banks

Executive Coordinator

Jill Della Grotta

Executive Coordinator

Nikhil Kanitkar

Senior Financial Analyst

Rufus King

Chief Legal Officer

Alex Lau

Vice President of Business Operations

Kristen Laverty

Assistant Fund Controller

Bonnie Lewis

Executive Finance and Audit Chair

Taylor Magnone

Senior Accountant

Shannon Maguire

Senior Accountant

Liz Moertel

Vice President of Finance

Molly Niland

Executive Assistant & Experience Manager

Brianna Perfetuo

Senior Accountant

Mike Sonnendecker

Management Company Controller

Katie Talamelli

Senior Accountant

Danielle Tedesco

Director, Operations