Dr. John L Evans Jr
InvestorVenture Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
Winter Park, Florida, United States
About
Venture Partner who co-founded education-tech company Promising People and previously served as Executive Director of consulting at Janus Capital. He is a board trustee at the University of Central Florida and runs EvansandEvans Consulting.
Experience
- Parkway Venture CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2025 β presentPalm Beach / Malibu
- University of Central FloridaMember Board of Trusteescurrent2025 β present
- EvansandEvans ConsultingPresidentcurrent2021 β present
- Promising PeopleCo-Foundercurrent2024 β presentOrlando, Florida, United States
- Greater Orlando Aviation Authority: Orlando International (MCO) and Executive (ORL) AirportsVice Chairman2021 β 2025Orlando, Florida, United States
- Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins CollegeHead of Business and Corporate Partner Development, Graduate School of Business Rollins College2024
- SchrodersExecutive Consultant2020 β 2024London, England
- Janus Henderson Investors U.S.Executive Director, Janus Henderson Labs2008 β 2020Winter Park, Florida
- American Century InvestmentsVice President of Business Development (Florida)2000 β 2008Winter Park, Florida
Education
- University of FloridaBA, English Literature1985 β 1989
- University of MiamiMaster of Business Administration - MBA1998 β 2000
- Pepperdine UniversityDoctorate of Education, Organizational Leadership2015 β 2018
Skills & more
Public Speaking20Writing5Public Relations18Recruiting6Executive Coaching11
From Dr.'s professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Florida119
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkLauren HolsingerChief Of Staff at March Capital PartnersAndrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitAmy KalokerinosInvestor at Khosla VenturesBrendon SchmidtPrincipal & Head of Business Development at Sierra VenturesDavid CorreaChief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Marlin Equity Partners
+ 113 more
Also attended University of Miami46
Olivier GrindaVenture Partner at FJ LabsJaime NovoaInvestor at KfundDavid GoldbergBoard Partner at Alpaca VCAjoy MallikVenture Partner at Follow[the]SeedMobi Martin DialaSeae Ventures Fellow at Seae VenturesAlpen ShethInvestment Partner at Borderless Venture
+ 40 more
Also attended Pepperdine University31
Kenneth KellerAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersJerel DavisManaging Director at Versant VenturesJasmine EssalatSenior Recruiter at Red Cell IncubationNia PatelVice President at Electric Feel Ventures LlcJosef MingInvestor at Backbone Ventures
+ 25 more
Shared employers
Also worked at University of Central Florida9
Andrew ScheuermannInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalJason EichenholzFounder and Chairman, Jonathan's Landing Foundation at AIFBen PatzManaging Partner at DeepWork CapitalMark WasuwanichInvestor at Open Core VenturesDavid VogelFounding Advisor at VoLo Earth VenturesRyan AllenAnalyst at Andreessen Horowitz
+ 3 more
Also worked at Schroders19
Anmol GoelVenture Partner at Arya Ventures Vc, LlcMaxim OwenPartner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthIhsan JawadGeneral Partner at STVTolu AkinboboyeAssociate, Investor Relations at Helios Digital VenturesMelvyn YeoFounder, Managing Partner at TRIRECMunder ShuhumiFounder / Managing Partner at Pearls Capital
+ 13 more
Also worked at Janus Henderson Investors U.S.12
Neville TeagardenCo-Founder and General Partner at AI CapitalKaiti DelaneyPrincipal at Ten ElevenJason RodriguesPartner at RCP FinancePeter BeckhouseHead of Product & Operations, Singapore at Investible Climate Tech FundRobert JeensAdvisory Board Member at Endeavour Ventures Ltd.Ned ScheetzManaging Partner at Aphelion Capital
+ 6 more
Also worked at American Century Investments1
Colleagues at Parkway Venture Capital
Brian Hoyt
Chief Operations Officer at Parkway Venture Capital
Dr. Jonathan Hiller
Advisory Board at Parkway Venture Capital
Gregg Hill
Co-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
Ian Campbell
Advisory Board at Parkway Venture Capital
Jesse Coors-Blankenship
Co-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
John Blaffer Royall
Venture Partner at Parkway Venture Capital
Kirk Spahn
Advisory Board at Parkway Venture Capital
Nekeshia Woods
Managing Partner at Parkway Venture Capital








































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