John C. Gonzalez

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20+ years of experience coordinating and leading professional teams including executive positions at Earth Species Project, Candid, Internet Archive, Xerox, and Getty Images. High “EQ” with deep experience bringing alignment, collaboration, and accountability into both operational and technical teams. Specialties: Team leadership, business strategy, program strategy, Board leadership, program management, product delivery, managing for growth, coaching staff.Domains: Philanthropy infrastructure (leveraging data and technology to drive sector-wide impact); nonprofit operations, client service delivery, AI SaaS solutions for data and content access. Hands-on experience directing multi-disciplinary teams to discover, design, build, launch, and scale compelling services and solutions. I combine business acumen with a strong technical background to harmonize high-stakes product and engineering decisions that align to customer needs and business strategy.HIGHLIGHT ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Led the integration of GuideStar and Foundation Directory into a single platform for the nonprofit sector.• Introduced AI technologies to automate identification of funding opportunities.• Chair/President of mul

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