Meet the Instructors
John Zagula
John Zagula is the founding managing director of Ignition Capital, a boutique private-equity fund. He is formerly the founding managing director of Qiming Ventures, a top-five venture capital fund in China, and a partner at Ignition Partners, one of the leading venture capital firms in the Northwest. Zagula has also served on numerous U.S. and international corporate boards that focus on software, hardware and consumer services from inception to IPO. Before working as a professional investor, he held marketing and strategic executive roles at Microsoft and American Express.