Mr. John Petote is the Founder and serves as Chairman at CIO Solutions. He is a Co-Founder of the Santa Barbara Angel Alliance. He also serves as Board Observer at ParentSquare. Mr. Petote has a degree in Business from the ICM School of Business. He previously served at Apeel Sciences as Board Member and Advisor. He is an angel investor and the founder and CEO of CIO Solutions, a Santa Barbara-based company that designs and implements custom IT solutions. Mr. Petote also serves on the boards of FutureInReview.com, the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, the Central Coast MIT Forum and the South Coast Business & Technology Awards Nominating Committee and he is an active member of the Santa Barbara Downtown Rotary Club. He graduated with honors from the Institute of Computer Management in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.