Bio

John is a seasoned executive with an extensive background as a C-level executive with emerging and established companies. He currently serves as the Managing Partner in TRS Capital portfolio company, Movita Organics, and is an active advisor to LRT Sports, also a TRS Capital portfolio company. John organized and managed the process to sell the Robert Sires-founded business American Elite Molding in 2020. He is also currently a partner in the technology venture, YesTime, a TRS Capital portfolio company. Additionally, John has served as CEO of the venture-backed, video-based travel platform VoyageTV, which raised $10 million in an A-Round led by Syncom Venture Partners in 2008, and in 2013 was sold to Next 1 Interactive. Voyages syndicated short-form travel video to over 40 million cable homes through Cablevision, Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS and Comcast. From 1995 to 2004, John partnered with Def Jam founder Russell Simmons to create Oneworld Media, Inc. He sits on the Board of Directors of Outward Bound USA, the premier youth outdoor leadership program serving over 35,000 students each year. John lives in New York City and is married to Kobi Wu-Pasmore with one child. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the State University of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Columbia University.