John Spinale
Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners
John Spinale
Managing Partner at JAZZ Venture Partners
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder, Managing Partner
2015 - Current
JAZZ Venture Partners invests in companies that extend the boundaries of human performance — improving how we live, learn, work, play, and experience the world. JAZZ portfolio companies are unlocking human potential in broad markets including health, mind-body wellness, accelerated learning, training, sports, entertainment, and the enterprise.
Investor and Advisor
2006 - 2015
Worked with entrepreneurs in the formation, scaling, financing, operation, governance and mentoring of a broad array of early stage consumer technology startups.
SVP and GM Social and Mobile Games, Disney
2011 - 2014
Managed the day to day operations (P&L) of the business of free-to-play games for social, web and mobile platforms. Led the turnaround post-acquisition by Disney.
SVP Games and Media
2008 - 2011
OnLive created the first interactive streaming media and interactive content delivery platform, allowing users to experience high-end games and linear media via nearly any device connected to the internet.
Co Founder, President
2006 - 2008
Co-founder of this innovative online travel company delivering personalized travel recommendations and custom itineraries to savvy travelers. NileGuide was sold to Travora Media in 2012.
SVP Product Development
2002 - 2006
Executive during a turnaround and sale for this top-tier publisher of entertainment software. Ran a business > $100M annually, creating and distributing AAA content including the Tomb Raider series.
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), SVP Product
2001 - 2002
MobileSys/MBlox (acquired by CLX Communications) was the world's largest mobile transaction network, processing billions of transactions around the globe.
Founder, CEO
1998 - 2001
Bitmo created a SaaS platform for enterprises to build and distribute mobile apps and secure messaging. [Acquired by MobileSys in February 2001]
Creative Director, Executive Producer
1993 - 1998
Early employee, serving in key product roles at Activision during the turnaround of the world's largest independent game publisher [from private through public listing: ATVI].
Management Consultant
1991 - 1992
Played a variety of roles at this boutique technical consulting firm - from software developer to expert witness in complex engineering projects.
Education
BS
1987 - 1991