Just Simple Solutions LLC
Testimonials
John was an invaluable partner to me at Dealmakers Forums. What began as a project to build a financial forecasting model quickly grew into his support across finance, HR, operations, and ultimately critical due diligence during the sale of my business. Beyond his expertise, John is simply a joy to work with—professional, adaptable, and always bringing positive energy.
Wendy Chou
CEO
Dealmakers Forums LLC
I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with John over the course of two successful ventures — one a high-growth public tech company that reached an $18 billion market cap before its acquisition, and another a private company we built and later sold to a publicly traded firm. In both cases, John played a pivotal role. He was the top financial and accounting executive under the CFO in the first company, and became CFO in our second venture. His combination of deep technical knowledge, financial expertise, and operational leadership made him indispensable.
John is one of the most capable and resourceful finance leaders I’ve worked with. With a background in computer science and an MBA, he’s uniquely skilled at navigating complex financial and accounting systems with remarkable efficiency — often doing the work of an entire team thanks to his fluency across software platforms. He also led HR and handled a wide range of operational responsibilities with calm, steady leadership. If you’re looking for a consulting partner who brings strategic insight, technical depth, and hands-on execution, I can’t recommend John highly enough.
Pete Keeler
CEO
I've been in the Human Resource field for over 25 years and have worked with some amazing talents, but I can say without reservation John is one of the most talented professionals I have ever met. His strength is that he has so many. Not very often do you come across a financial talent that has so many offerings, I.T., Operations, Human Resources and a winning personality. Any company that has John as part of their team is lucky.
Michelle Zuniga
Owner
Tevis HR
John Schell has been an invaluable asset to Ace Tree Enterprise, playing a key role in building, assisting, and streamlining our IT department. His dedication to excellence and proactive approach consistently exceed expectations. John is always willing to go above and beyond to ensure our technical needs are met efficiently and effectively. His expertise, reliability, and commitment to service make him a trusted partner in our continued growth and success.
Jess Wagner
Human Resources Manager
Ace Tree Enterprise
I had the privilege of working with John after Inphi acquired Arrive Technologies. John was instrumental in ensuring the successful integration of the Arrive team into Marvell and retaining the development team. Thanks to his leadership we were able to successfully wind down the design engagements Arrive was working on with little to no impact on the customers (most of whom were important customers for Inphi) and redeploy the team to work on Inphi's optical DSP products. John has a breadth of expertise in finance, business development, managing customer relationships, and business skills and is a pleasure to work with.
Hugh Durdan
Technology Executive and Corporate Leader
Durdan Enterprises
John is an experienced international business leader who has a focus on getting results through strong people relationship building and his in depth knowledge and experience in setting up and managing international business. I worked with John on the acquisition of the Arrive business and particularly liked the way John can focus at both strategic and analytical levels to develop the best solution to a major issue.
Importantly John is very adept at dealing effectively with Executive management and providing timely leadership and support to the business to meet their needs.
Bruce Newton
Global HR Executive
ColigoMed
The word I would best used to describe John's value to any company is "Impact". John can wear many different hats in an organization from Business Development, Financial and Administrative Management, Customer Support and Technical Project execution. I worked hand in hand with John during the integration of Arrive Technologies into Inphi and subsequently the integration of Inphi into Marvell. John is one of rare leaders who is dedicated to the mission, understands the customer, and will always take the extra step to help the team execute and deliver. John is there to brainstorm, problem solve and align to a plan. John has excellent presentation/communication skills, is humble and always a pleasure to work with. I would work with John again without question and would recommend him to anyone looking to up-skill the organizational leadership in any technical focussed organization
David Fermor
Silicon Valley Hardware Product Engineering Leader
Motional
