John M. P. Knox is an advisor, investor, inventor, and consultant who helps B2B SaaS businesses improve. John has decades of leadership and investing experience backed by deep technical expertise in technologies like iPhone (iOS) apps and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) system integrations. His experience spans multiple market environments, including the dot-com boom, the great financial crisis, crypto hype, and the Covid pandemic.

He's worked on dozens of hardware and software products, many of which have millions of downloads and were featured in the App Store and in top outlets like Wired magazine, CNET, and USA Today. His experience ranges across multiple industries, including semiconductors, travel, consumer productivity software, health, and class III medical devices. John is also a TinySeed Mentor.

John's Background

John founded Moving Average Inc. more than a decade ago. At that time, he developed software to guarantee the quality and correctness of some of the most advanced microprocessors. When the first public SDK for the iPhone became available in 2008, his professional focus shifted to iOS development in hardware and software startups. That focus evolved to leadership, consulting, and investing in small software companies. Today, Moving Average offers executive consulting services to help businesses build better organizations and release high-quality hardware and software faster.

John worked on numerous well-known and highly-rated iOS apps with millions of downloads. Apple has featured some of these apps, and many still rank in the App Store. More recently, John designed, architected, and led the development of a medical device application currently used in a patient study.

John also helped CEOs and CTOs evaluate potential acquisitions and design and implement strategies to improve their development process. As the Agile Manifesto states, while we value process, we value people more. Great teams build great apps. You can’t deliver great products without trust, collaboration, and a safe environment.

You can learn more about John's career on LinkedIn. You can find additional writing on Engineering Adventure.

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PRAISE

Schoneck Shoaf

COO & Co-founder, 1 Second Everyday

John has always been quick to respond to our inquires with his wealth of knowledge and network of subject-matter experts. In addition, he's transparent on what he can provide advice on and when we would recommend another expert. I'm appreciative of all the help he's provided over the years.

Matt Zunert

Founder, DebugBear

As a TinySeed mentor, John has provided great insight into many product and business questions I've had. We also had several conversations about hiring and managing engineers, and his experienced perspective as an engineering leader was incredibly valuable.

Mark Littlewood

CEO, Business of Software Conference

John is a seriously impressive individual. As an app developer, has produced beautiful, functional and popular apps. As a person, he is one of life's stars. I met him through the Business of Software Conference where he has been a regular attendee for many years. Over the past few years he has also 'sponsored' attendance at the event for recent engineering graduates with the intention of giving someone an introduction into the world of software. Extremely generous with his time and energy.

Jason Cohen

Founder, WP Engine

I'm a super-fan of everyone and everything related to John and BoS.

Jesse Guerrero

Design Manager, Horizon Metaverse @Meta

John is a fantastic software engineer, he gets it done right. I enjoy working with and knowing him. John understands and appreciates good user experiences; he's a designers best friend! Aside from enjoying working together, I enjoy intellectually stimulating conversations with him.