John began his career in GE Capital’s Retailer Financial Services business. The group bought and sold private label credit card portfolios for retailers around the United States. After working at GE Capital, John went to work for Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. in their operations, planning and development group. The group was tasked with planning and building CCE’s distribution and manufacturing facilities for much of North and South America. The experience taught John many of the demographic and logistics tools that he now uses to track retailer expansion plans and trends. John began his real estate career at Dewberry Capital Corporation, a multi-disciplined developer, and owner. The firm was active in office, retail and multi-family ownership and development. During his tenure, John learned all facets of real estate finance, leasing, property management and construction. After a successful experience at all of his previous firms, John co-founded Tricore Partners in February 2004. The firm focused on retail development. John is a high honors graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He and his wife Ashlie have two daughters.