John Morrow JD

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Biography

Mr. John Morrow serves as Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel at Lumen Bioscience. Mr. Morrow served as General Counsel at Convoy. He served as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel at Apptio. He is responsible for corporate development, strategic business development, legal, privacy, corporate governance and compliance matters. He has extensive experience working with technology companies, especially in growing and scaling enterprise SaaS businesses. He brings significant transactional leadership experience including more than 50 domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, 20 initial public offerings and follow-on public security offerings, and numerous equity and debt financings, as well as advising on corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, data privacy, IT security and general business matters. He has deep expertise working with the Boards of Directors and senior management teams of both private and public companies. Prior to joining the Apptio team, he was SVP, Corporate Development and Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary at Vertafore, a leader in modern insurance technology acquired for $1.4 billion in 2010. During his tenure at Vertafore, he held a variety of roles and was most recently responsible for corporate development, strategic business development, legal matters, data privacy, IT security and compliance. John was previously a shareholder with Heller Ehrman LLP, a major international law firm, specializing in representing technology companies. He holds a BA in political science from DePauw University and a JD from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He brings extensive experience leading legal, corporate development, operational, financial and business functions at critical transformational moments to Lumen. John has been a key team member in creating billions of dollars in equity value via two IPOs and two $1+ billion M&A transactions with an array of leading investors. John has also led 15 buy-side M&A transactions and a significant number of other capital markets transactions. His experience includes operational and legal roles spanning all G&A functions at market leading global technology companies such as Apptio, Vertafore and Paymentus. Earlier in his career John was a partner at Heller Ehrman and a lawyer with Venture Law Group where he represented life sciences companies such as Seagen, Xcyte Therapies, Scout Medical and others. John is valued for his unique combination of legal, business, management and financial skills that make him a valued consigliere to management teams and Boards.