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Strategy & Business Development
Identify growth opportunities, align partner solutions with business objectives, and move strategic initiatives toward execution.
Board & Advisory Opportunities
Technology insight.
Business perspective.
Principled leadership.
John R. Yager brings experience across global technology, strategic business development, software and hardware engineering, and entrepreneurial leadership—with a practical focus on turning complex challenges into measurable outcomes.
Executive Profile
Connecting technology, strategy and execution.
John is a technology and business leader with experience spanning strategic business development, software and hardware engineering, cloud adoption, partner ecosystems, and organizational performance within a global technology enterprise.
His work has included leading technical teams, engaging senior stakeholders, building commercial partnerships, and developing practical systems that improved productivity and executive reporting. As a founder and nonprofit co-founder, he has also worked across entrepreneurial and mission-driven environments.
He offers boards and advisory teams a grounded perspective on technology decisions, growth initiatives, operating effectiveness, and the alignment of people, partners and resources.
Board Contributions
Perspective that bridges the technical and the commercial.
A cross-functional background helps connect strategic intent with the realities of implementation, customer needs and organizational execution.
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Technology & Innovation
Assess software, hardware, cloud and emerging technology from both business and technical perspectives.
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Operational Effectiveness
Develop practical systems for engagement tracking, productivity, performance measurement and executive decision support.
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Leadership & Talent
Lead technical teams, mentor talent, and align people, resources and execution around shared priorities.
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Partnerships & Stakeholders
Build working relationships across senior management, technology partners, OEMs, developers and cross-functional teams.
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Mission-Driven Leadership
Bring entrepreneurial initiative and nonprofit leadership experience to organizations focused on practical community benefit.
Selected Experience
Experience grounded in real operating challenges.
Examples of work across technology, business development and organizational leadership.
$900M / $600MAnnual revenue and profit associated with networking products for which John served as a subject-matter expert.
15+ yearsA flexible account-engagement database solution remained in use and supported divisional reporting to senior management.
8 teams · 8 citiesBuilt relationships across North America while helping achieve a Java developer registration target.
Career & Leadership
A career across technology and business.
From engineering management to global business development, cloud ecosystem engagement and entrepreneurship.
2017–2020
Founder / Lead Technologist
YagerSoft
Founded a technology venture and built a full-stack web application, delivering the initial version of BassSavvy.com in 2018.
2015–2016
Cloud Advisor
IBM Corporation
Advanced cloud adoption through engagement with developers, startups, universities and businesses; developed a partner-engagement tracking solution for operational and executive reporting.
2000–2015
Business Development Manager
IBM Corporation
Led technical marketing, strategic partner development and business initiatives across middleware software and hardware portfolios, working across multiple industries and partner ecosystems.
1997–2000
Development Manager, Networking Hardware
IBM Corporation
Led a team of 10 software engineers, managed development planning and budgets, and worked with senior management, Microsoft, Novell and OEM partners.
2012–2015
Co-Founder / Executive Director
Stave Movement Foundation · Apex, North Carolina
Co-founded and led a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing therapeutic movement services for senior citizens and individuals affected by neurological disorders.
Education Bachelor of Science, Computer Science · Indiana University, Bloomington
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