John Parker

Biography

A co-founder of Hi Solutions, John has served as a member of its Board of Directors since January 2020 and as President and Chief Executive Officer since September 30, 2020. John is a highly experienced executive and M&A professional having been central in dozens of acquisitions as a principal, advisor and legal counsel, including rollup-transactions. He has principally focused on debt and equity capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, business partnerships, governance, and strategic advisory services throughout his executive and legal career.

Since 2008, John has been a Managing Member of GenCounsel, LLC, primarily advising and representing technology growth companies where he also often performed senior management roles, including as President and a Director of Keystone NAP, LLC, a cloud data center developer from 2013-2017, and as a Director of MAPay, LLC, a financial technology firm headquartered in the US and Bermuda focused on global healthcare payments since 2017. From 2000-2007, John served as an executive officer, including as President, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel, of AirClic, Inc., an award-winning software-as-a-service firm. Prior thereto, John was a business and finance attorney from 1992 through 2000, with Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP where he led many public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisition transactions. Prior to becoming an attorney, John was a corporate banking officer with a large predecessor bank to Wells Fargo. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Dickinson College, and a Juris Doctor from Villanova University.