John believes we all have three careers; first to learn and go to school, second to earn and make a living, and third to return and give back. Now in his third career of giving back, John’s mission is to make the world better by inspiring people to live with less fear and divisiveness and bring a little more love into the world.
While going to school, John started his earning career selling butter toffee peanuts for the YMCA when he was ten, and then worked on a bait barge in Redondo Beach selling live anchovies when he was twelve (his favorite job ever). John has faithfully served his customers throughout his life ranging from neighborhood families to multi-billion-dollar global enterprises, always offering his utmost care and warm smile.
Throughout his professional career, John held leadership and executive sales roles in IBM, Sun Microsystems, Escapia, Vrbo and Expedia Group, where he served as Global Evangelist and Ombudsman, presenting the latest business and technology trends and opportunities for vacation rental partners in Europe and North America. Although now retired, John continues to be a trusted voice in the industry.
John's skills include inspirational speaking, storytelling, problem-solving, technology evangelism, sales & marketing, and relationship building. His authentic and sincere spirit and caring for people are always appreciated by those around him. Happily married for nearly 40 years, John and his wife split their time between Seattle and San Diego where their children and grandkids live.
Now retired from his corporate roles, John is on his next journey. With 60 years of learning and earning, he now turns to returning and giving back. As a new author, John fulfilled a 15 year promise to publish a true story called "American Grit - From a Japanese American Concentration Camp Rises an American War Hero."
American Grit is a compelling narrative about racial identity, resilience, and heroism. The book explores the dark chapter in American history following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, when Japanese American citizens were incarcerated in U.S. concentration camps during World War II solely because of their ancestry.
As the author delves into this profound and transformative journey, he invites readers to reflect on the importance of learning from our history to shape a better future.
“Finding Better” has one mission: To share life’s secrets to a better life so you don’t have to ask for them. I sincerely want you to find the “better” you want in your life, because a better you is contagious to the world and people you touch. Whether it be better relationships, better jobs, better finances, better friends, a better future, or better mental health, everyone wants something better in their lives and whether you believe it or not, you deserve it.
We will talk about things they don’t teach you in school, and things that you will wish you learned a long time ago. Everything we share will be the best of us, just as if you were our own family. After all, if Finding Better can help make your life better in some way, not only will you be happier, but the world will be lifted too. And who knows? Perhaps you may decide to pass along some of what you learn to others around you and lift them up too. How cool would that be?
It’s all about making the world better than the day we got here.