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D\u00e4r tj\u00e4nstgjorde han som Associate Engineer i tv\u00e5 \u00e5r innan han 1983 blev VD f\u00f6r Laundercenter Equipment Corporation. John skulle tillbringa de kommande 12 \u00e5ren av sin karri\u00e4r h\u00e4r och samordna organisationens finansiella och budgetm\u00e4ssiga aktiviteter f\u00f6r att finansiera verksamheten, maximera investeringarna och \u00f6ka effektiviteten. \u00c5r 1995 inledde John sin f\u00f6rsta internationella resa som konsult p\u00e5 Omnitel i Vilnius, Litauen. John arbetade som konsult f\u00f6r det som snart skulle bli det f\u00f6rsta GSM-mobiln\u00e4tet i Baltikum. I denna roll arbetade han n\u00e4ra mobilf\u00f6retag som Motorola och Telia med att planera n\u00e4tverket fr\u00e5n de inledande designfaserna till lanseringen. Under \u00e5ren 1995-2002 fortsatte John att \u00f6vervaka och analysera systemets prestanda samt att r\u00e5dg\u00f6ra med anv\u00e4ndare, administrat\u00f6rer och ingenj\u00f6rer f\u00f6r att identifiera aff\u00e4rsm\u00e4ssiga och tekniska krav f\u00f6r systemdesign och implementering. \u00c5r 2003 blev han VD och styrelseordf\u00f6rande f\u00f6r Baltneta i Vilnius, Litauen, d\u00e4r han \u00f6vervakade ledningen och verksamheten i Litauens fr\u00e4msta datacomf\u00f6retag. Som styrelseledamot och senare ordf\u00f6rande f\u00f6r detta familje\u00e4gda f\u00f6retag samarbetade John med styrelseledam\u00f6ter och ledning f\u00f6r att styra f\u00f6retaget genom Europas finanskris och \u00f6kade f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljningen genom styrelsens rekommendationer och policyimplementeringar under 12 \u00e5r. John \u00e4r f\u00f6r n\u00e4rvarande generaldirekt\u00f6r och sekreterare f\u00f6r Kazickas Family Foundation i New York, NY. 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