John joined Summit Creek Advisors in August 2015 as a senior analyst and currently serves as Co-Portfolio Manager for the SMid Cap Growth strategy and Partner of the firm.  John has over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry.  Prior to joining Summit Creek, John was an equity analyst at Piper Jaffray on the Business Services team where he focused on growth stocks in the Information Services, Marketing Services and Education sectors.  Previously, John was an equity analyst at Craig-Hallum Capital Group covering the Health Care and Internet sectors and began his career as an origination associate on the Equity Capital Markets team at Piper Jaffray.   John graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Finance and MBA from the University of Notre Dame.