John DeBlasio

John P. DeBlasio is an American businessman, founder and executive director of the Global Peace and Development (GPD) Charitable Trust.

Career

DeBlasio is a 1989 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and served 21 years in active and reserve service before retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves Civil Affairs branch in 2011.[1][2]

He worked in different management positions in the General Electric Co. (GE) starting in 1994.[3]

DeBlasio co-founded Sallyport Global Services after returning from active duty in 2004, it is a provider of security and facilities management services to USAID prime contractors operating in Iraq, as well as a primary contractor for the United States Department of Defense (DoD), Department of State (DoS) and NASA, among others.[4]

DeBlasio established a private equity firm Bootstrap Capital in 2012 that provides partnership opportunities for small/medium-sized growth and family businesses.[2]

He is CEO of Clear Automation[5] and a corporate/advisory board member of ValAr Frontier, Pax Mondial, Verilogic Solutions and the Chairman of DT Global.[6] He is moderator and speaker at events on global affairs.[7][8][9]

GPD Charitable Trust

In 2011, he sold Sallyport to D.C. Capital Partners. He bought the “Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge”[6] and founded GPD Charitable Trust, that has contributed to over 23 organizations globally.[10] Partnering organizations include The United States Military Academy at West Point; Denver University - Korbel School of International Studies; Northwestern University’s Weinberg School of Arts & Sciences; Syria Direct;[10] Illinois Joining Forces Foundation;[1] the Iraq Fellows Program and Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos orphanages, among others.[7][3]

References
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  2. "Len Boselovic's Heard off the Street: Partners' feud snares Michael Baker". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. "UChicago CPOST". cpost.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  4. InterimExecs. "Member / John DeBlasio". Association of Interim Executives. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  5. BizCast (2018-11-06). "To Maintain an Edge in the Market, This Automation Company 'Triple Trains' Its Employees". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  6. "About John DeBlasio | GPD Charitable Trust". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  7. Affairs, Chicago Council on Global (2019-03-11). "Iraq: Will This Be the Last Time We Fight ISIS?". Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. "China Forum | CSSA | Northwestern". cssa.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  9. "2016 Annual Meeting Report - Peace & Security in the Current Global Context" (PDF). Peace and Security Funders Group.
  10. "Syria Direct Co-founder John DeBlasio Visits Team in Jordan". thearabdailynews.com.
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