John is an opera stage manager, currently on the full time staff at the Metropolitan Opera. Additional credits included Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Houston Grand Opera. He served as adjunct faculty at DePaul University and is a long time board member and former officer of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). John hold a BFA in stage management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.