John E Osborne II

“I met John in his role as Chairman of the Board of the ZigBee Alliance. Under John's leadership, the ZigBee Alliance has taken a leadership position as an interoperable IoT ecosystem with a growing global membership. John's knowledge, approachability, and management style have been keys to this success.”

“John is a true visionary. In my time at Kroger, I watched John successfully set Enterprise direction by having a incredible understanding of technology and the ability to communicate the benefits of the technology to the Kroger Technology leadership team. ”

“John brings a great deal of insight, collaboration, foresight and innovation into the programs that he works on. He drives forward his business while leveraging his larger ecosystem and partners, and always strives to bring about value addition through collective consensus.”

“Osborne is creative, resourceful and loyal. Osborne has the unique ability to see both the big picture as well as the technical intricacies. He leads his team to meet objectives at both levels.”

“It was a pleasure to have worked with John in the past. John is always honest, informative and straight to the point. John keeps you on your toes at all times. John is a great visionary who can see whether or not there is a light at the end of the tunnel before you have decided to proceed through it. I look forward to working with John in the future and would recommend him for any information technology management position that he would be of interest.”

“John was an outstanding supervisor during his time over the Desktop Engineering team at the Kroger Co. I always knew where John stood on various topics and could count John and I working toward the same goals and ideas. There was never any question on what needed to be accomplished while John was my supervisor at the Kroger Co. John was fair and honest and always took the time out during a busy day to hear any concerns or new ideas from the team. John was also instrumental my transition from the Support Team to the Engineering team and was confident in my abilities to make the transition. I would recommend John for any position that may become available to him that he is seeking, both on a personal and a business level.”

“Having served with John on the Advisory Board of Ohio University for several years, I have had the opportunity to observe his contributions towards attaining the goals of Ohio University. His expertise and commitment in sales, negotiating skills, researching and brainstorming cost effective business solutions and recruiting strategies have proven to be very valuable for both the school and advisory board.”

“John's has a unique ability within IT to see the high level business needs, drivers and impact of a project and then work to the details that provide results. He is also a true professional to work with and provides a breath of fresh air to vendors with his 'partnering' attitude.”

“The essence of leadership is courage. Courage is John Osborne's middle name. He looks bureaucratic inertia in the face and vaults right over it. This man has vision, supra-normal intellect and a deep wisdom regarding how organizations think and change. If you want to understand the future, John should be one of the first phone calls you make.”

“John is very bright, extremely innovative and highly organized. His people skills are first rate as is his business accumen.”

“I have worked with John for more than 7 years through advancing levels of innovative IT leadership positions. John possesses broad technology experience, sound judgement and practical instincts that have produced tangible results in a complex and competitive industry setting. I recommend John for his strong commitment to excellence, pragmatic approach to business solutions and professional achievements.”

“John was instrumental in bringing me on-board for my first corporate position with the Kroger Company. John is a strategic thinker and competent technical manager who understands the needs of the business.”

“John and I worked together on projects supporting inventory management and automated material handling systems at GEAE. A typical day on these efforts required you to be knowledgeable in any number of areas: plant floor automation, software development, system administration, database administration, and the principles of production and inventory control. John was a quick study, learning to provide support as necessary in any of these areas, while at the same time successfully managing his application development priorities and deliverables. He became a key contributor whose efforts were instrumental to numerous and successful project roll-outs.”

“John brings great insight and innovative ideas to help the Ohio University program succeed. He works in a very collaborative and open approach. I look forward to continuing to work with him in the future.”

“John is an accomplished technology manager and visionary at Kroger, and we have had the opportunity to work together at the board level at Ohio University. He has been a consistent contributor to the success of our program at OU, through which I have seen the real innovations he is leading at his firm.”

“John is not only a student of his profession - He IS a true professional. We worked together on some very large, highly visible and sensitive projects. John's approach is that of creative insight while empowering those who work with him. He is firm and decisive yet works in a very partnerlike manner. This enabled him to gain the synergies needed to achieve his goals and objectives with his roles and responsibilities.”

“It’s a pleasure and honor for me to recommend John Osborne. I enjoyed working with John while I was responsible for the Kroger account. He provided a lot of necessary direction in navigating a large enterprise, but always keep Kroger's best interest first. I find John was fair and honest and someone I could always trust. He takes responsibility and provides solid leadership to his team.”

“John is one of the brightest, leading edge thinkers with whom I've had the pleasure of watching grow into quite a solid business person. He has a very nice blend of technical understanding, business acumen, and entrepreneurial spirit. John takes bleeding edge, far-reaching concepts and works tirelessly and collaboratively to transform these concepts into reality-- a competency that very few people possess.”

“John is truly an excellent person. he is intelligent, experienced and trustworthy. He has extensive experience working in IT area and leading technology transformation to support business strategy and related goals. John's blend of technology and business knowledge allows him to offer unique insights and focus on the most impactful changes that IT could offer the business. It's really a pleasure to cooperate with him.”

“John was a creative and innovative manager while serving as the Technical Systems Manager at the Kroger Company. Through process refinement John was able to design and implement new processes that enabled a higher level of customer satisfaction, rapid deployment of technologies while lowering the overall cost of TCO for the Kroger Company. The processes defined by John are still in place today and recognizd as best practices for Kroger.”

“John was my manager for several years and he exhibited great technical knowledge, good management skills, and treated his personnel with respect and class. John was a VERY enjoyable person to work for and with.”

“John Osborne has made a major contribution to our School's Advisory Board. His insights regarding industry trends has been invaluable to the faculty as we consider our curricular offerings. He's been a strong contributor toward the success of the Board's annual golf tournament, which is a fund raiser for student scholarships. John can always be counted on to attend all Advisory Board meetings and to be an active contributor. He's an ideal Advisory Board Member and it is a privilege to work with him.”

“Early in my Career, John was an essential mentor to me in surviving corporate life. In an stressful work environment John provided helpful guidance through a minefield. Ive always been appreciative of the support he was willing to give me in the early days.”