Senior Marketing & Communications Advisor
John is a digital marketing, cultural heritage preservation and sustainable travel professional. Currently he serves as the Senior Advisor for Marketing and Communications at the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST). He is the founder of DigiTraveler, a consulting company specializing in how technology can create more sustainable destinations, help preserve cultural heritage while also improve the traveler’s experience.
He has 20+ years’ experience in digital marketing, customer experience (CX) and technology at firms such as SAP, Aramark and M&M/Mars. He is certified in Photogrammetry for Scientific Documentation of Cultural Heritage by the Cultural Heritage Imaging organization, a Sustainable Tourism Certified Professional from the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), a Certified Travel Professional from Fora Travel, and has completed the RISE Travel Institute’s Certification program in Sustainability and Anti-Oppression.
He holds and MBA in Marketing from Columbia Business School and a BS in Finance from Penn State University. He is a private aircraft pilot, has traveled to nearly 70 countries and resides in Charleston, S.C.