Trustantial is proud to sponsor Connect for Life: How to Grow Your Personal Brand with John Humphrey.
John serves as a Principal at X42 Ventures (www.x42ventures.com) based in Irving, Texas. X42 works with mid-sized companies assisting with customer acquisition strategies and technology implementations leading to high ROI projects. John has extensive experience working with enterprise applications and delivering value at the edge of the enterprise where customers, suppliers, and employees intersect.
Prior to X42 Ventures John worked with a multi-billion wholesale distributor of precious metals building a platform that grew to 75% of transactions in just four years. Building businesses at the intersection of business and technology is where John has excelled at creating the most business value. In 2012, John created a client acquisition strategy for services companies called Connect for Life (www.connectforlife.com). This methodology, supported by a soon to be published book of the same name and software called TouchPoints, assists technical individuals in building their personal brands in the marketplace. In 2003, John co-founded Pariveda Solutions, and in just 9 years, grew the company to 300 consultants in 10 offices without a direct sales force leveraging his Networking for Life methodology. John sold his interest and left Pariveda in 2012.
John has a deep background in business and technology with a keep it simple mantra. At X42 Ventures, they believe that technology should be black and white and that technologists should communicate in regular English. Connect for Life is a program of teaching, coaching and implementing software for services companies with a sales and delivery model.
He currently serves on the Associate Board at Southern Methodist University. John is also on the Board of the IT Round Table, a national networking organization and a number of private services companies. Mr. Humphrey received a B.A. in Economics and a B.B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University in 1984. Mr. Humphrey also received an M.B.A. from The Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in 1990.
