John Gannon

SunBridge Partners General Partner

Mr. Gannon is a founder and General Partner of SunBridge Partners with an investment focus in aerospace and power.  Mr. Gannon co-founded SunBridge Partners and its predecessor Equitek Capital, and has played a key role in each firm's development and investments, including Eclipse Aviation, Embedded Planet, Alien Technology, Flarion, The New Media Group and Thin Battery Technologies.  Mr. Gannon is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Embedded Planet and Thin Battery Technologies. 

Mr. Gannon began his career as an engineer in the aerospace industry for the General Electric Astro-Space Division.  At General Electric, Mr. Gannon worked as a propulsion and orbit specialist on the Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS) satellite program.  Working in the design, construction, launch, and in-orbit operation of an advanced constellation of defense communications satellites, Mr. Gannon experienced the challenges of working on high-technology projects to meet the most rigorous long-term requirements.

Following work at General Electric, Mr. Gannon earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and began a seven-year period of work in the field of currency derivative trading.  Mr. Gannon first worked at Merrill Lynch in New York as an Associate.  Following this, Mr. Gannon worked for NationsBank as a Senior Vice President.  Mr. Gannon then took a position as a Director in the currency trading group of Barclays Bank in London.  At Barclays, Mr. Gannon managed the Global Asia Portfolio of currency derivative products. One of Mr. Gannon’s specialties was modeling of valuation for derivative products which has directly enabled him to design models to carry out valuations of SunBridge Partners portfolio companies.

Mr. Gannon received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1993 and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University in 1989.