John Katt
Advisory Board Member
John is a techie who works with passionate innovators looking to create change, by providing product development and management skills to organizations and young startup teams. John believes in the power of working alongside those facing today’s problems, empowering them to innovate powerful and meaningful solutions that work for them. The power of building solutions with and not for has given John the opportunity to create impactful and real solutions. John has worked with government agencies, small businesses and young startups to discover how technology and innovation can further their mission. Working on projects such as the New York City Public Advocates Worst Landlord Watchlist, which uses data to identify the worst acting landlords in NYC. Designing, organizing and launching, as the CTO, betterment technology hackathons with Illicit Mind Inc. Bringing together the community to create solutions to the biggest problems faced today in the areas of finance, education, immigration etc. John is an experienced engineer, working on projects spanning software/hardware and information technology infrastructure. John holds a Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology from New York Institute of Technology.