Mr. John Svoboda is a Co-Founder & serves as a Managing Director at Svoboda Capital Partners. He serves on the boards of SC portfolio companies Strategic Marketing, SWC Technology Partners and Cape Electrical Supply. He also serves as a Board Member at Sonoma Creamery and Kenway Consulting. He served as Board Member at Foresight Acquisition. Prior to founding SC, he was employed in the Corporate Finance Department of William Blair & Company LLC (1983-1997), where he managed Business Development and became a Partner in 1988. He currently serves on the advisory boards of MATH Venture Partners and HealthEngine LLC, both based in Chicago. He also serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he serves on several committees and chairs the governance subcommittee. He also serves as a trustee for the Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute, the Auditorium Theatre Council, the Marwen Foundation and as a life trustee of the Francis W. Parker School. He also served as Board Member at One North Interactive. He served on the Advisory Council of Stanford's Graduate School of Business and served on the Steering Committee for the Stanford Campaign. He has also served on several alumni and fundraising committees for both Williams College and the Stanford Business School, as well as capital campaigns for the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Chicago Fire soccer club. He graduated from Williams College with a BA in 1979 and received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1983.