JohnnyB
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, Designer and Software Engineer |
| Location | Minnetrista, Minnesota, United States |
| Introduction | John’s career has focused on innovation having been involved as a founder or key executive in 8 organizations from startup to public corporations. John currently runs Ovation, a design, award & promotional products company. Experiences: Manager - JDB Associates, software consultancy in greater Minnesota. Director of Development - ideapark, a new media agency. Chief Software Architect - BIT, Inc, specialists in geo-demographic data & analytical GIS systems. Manager of Interactive Technology - Fallon|Worldwide, his team built the groundbreaking bmwfilms.com site. Chief Software Engineer - OneLink, Inc, developer of call transaction analysis & reporting systems. VP of Technology - VISTA Information Solutions, a pioneer GIS company that changed underwriting in the P&C insurance industry. Founder - CODA Music Software, led the development of Finale™, software for music publishing, composing & education. Founder - Passport Designs, Inc, a music software pioneer & music sfw tools leader. Founder - STAR Instruments, created percussion synthesizers. Mr. Borowicz received a BCSci from the UofM. |
| Interests | Cinema/video, screenwriting, entrepreneurship, bicycling, wilderness camping, hiking, digital photography and music composition |
| Favorite Movies | Clockwork Orange, Brazil, No Country for Old Men, Midnight Cowboy, Magnificent Seven, Saving Private Ryan, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blazing Saddles, Bananas, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Manchurian Candidate, Lawrence of Arabia, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Aliens, Avatar, Hugo, Gravity |
| Favorite Music | Yes, Peter Gabriel, ELP, Gentle Giant, Steely Dan, Brand X, Genesis, Ambrosia, Wendy Carlos, Morton Subotnick, Led Zeppelin, Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Return To Forever |
| Favorite Books | The Art of War, Slaughterhouse 5, The Sun Also Rises, Siddhartha, Beneath the Wheel, American Sphinx, A Separate Reality, The Design of Everyday Things, Small is Beautiful, The Prehistory of the Far Side, America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, By-line: Ernest Hemingway, The Reengineering Revolution |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
My grandchildren, under the superlative tutelage of my wife and their own inherent ego-deflating and grounding capabilities, will assuredly make that predicament nearly impossible.