John was an honor roll student at Saint Viator High School. He played hockey and lacrosse all four years. John was a member of the hockey team that played at the United Center in the championship game of the Red Division of the 2012 Blackhawk Cup state tournament. He was also President of Italian club, completed over one hundred hours of service, and graduated in 2012. John graduated from Indiana University, receiving a BS in Informatics with a business cognate. John was also a member of the IU club Hockey team, and the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was employed as an IT Project Lead at Baxter International,Inc. for 6 years and then joined Motorola Solutions, a mission critical communications company as a IT Product Owner. He is currently a Global IT Business Partner and Relationship Manager at Mars Corporation.