John Foley is the head of business development for Dudek Kelly.  Previously,  John has been a senior integrated marketing, strategist, and creative partner for senior-level executives at middle market companies. For over 15 years John served as a value creation advisor to a Los Angeles based private equity firm. 

John is skilled at growing and successfully exiting portfolio companies with a track record of achieving strong financial returns for investors.  

In addition to his M&A work, John currently coaches and mentors over over 50 early-stage Life Sciences CEOs from the US and Japan, in therapeutic, diagnostic, and medical device solutions, helping them secure VC and grant funding and prepare for commercialization.  

Earlier in his career, John led large-scale integrated marketing and creative initiatives for Fortune 500 companies including Citibank, American Express and AT&T. John has also served in leadership roles for digital agencies leading account teams on clients including Visa, Capital One, Bank of America and Microsoft.  

John has a reputation for delivering high quality, effective creative and marketing solutions to support sales team efforts and position the company for potential buyers. 

John holds an Advertising Design Degree degree from the Colorado Institute of Art and has been a practicing graphic designer for over 30 years. He is an entrepreneur, a mentor, is positive, determined and proactive.  He is discreet, very high integrity, candid, direct and treats his clients as business partners. 

John is married, has 5 adult children, and is passionate about playing guitar, cooking, body surfing and photography.