John brings over 20 years of executive business experience in operations, technology, accounting and strategy. Currently, as the President and Chief Operating Officer for Community Force, he is developing a startup venture that provides an outsourced consumer loyalty program generating funds for not-for-profit organizations by harnessing spending habits of supporters.

In recent years, John also worked as a consultant for EasyJet Airlines. He was instrumental in providing planning and implementation of a system-wide online/offline reservation system, which services their entire European operation.

John's executive talents were recognized when he was recruited as one of four founding employees of Futurestep, the Internet recruiting subsidiary of Korn-Ferry International. He built the team and the foundation for the technology that supported offices in 26 countries with 500 employees. After the initial start up, John moved into a business operations role, as Vice President of Operations and Strategy.

John was the founder and Managing Partner of his own firm, Lertzman Associates. He built a team of professionals that provided financial and management consulting services to a broad range of companies in North America and Europe. His firm's services included re-engineering, technology assessment, selection and development, cost and market analysis of new lines of business, acquisition analysis and integration, and turnaround consulting. His projects included a series of ventures that ran for several years following the reunification of East and West Germany. This involved the development of financial models to forecast profitability of projects and investment opportunities for former state-owned companies in the German Democratic Republic.

Before venturing out into his own practice, John spent two years at KPMG in an audit and tax capacity. Following this, he spent five years in the employ of Price Waterhouse Consulting, servicing Fortune 1000 companies and state governments.

John can be reached at john@phoenix2000group.com