John Patrick Dilts

John Dilts was the Founder and President of Maverick Angels, LLC, a highly innovative angel investor network based in Southern California, which focuses on funding and mentoring early-stage companies. After founding the company in 2006, John established Maverick Angels Chapters in Southern California, Utah and in Europe. John was an expert in the areas of innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship and often served as a featured speaker at innovation conferences and angel investor forums.

John formed a corporate consulting division of Maverick Angels which creates competitive innovation acceleration strategies for larger companies based on a unique “Pipeline InnovationTM” methodology. This proprietary strategy models the angel investment network process by profiling accomplished entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in which they operate. John’s open-market approach has been successfully proven when applied to create sustainable innovation strategies inside global organizations.

John frequently taught seminars on the topics of angel investing, innovation acceleration and entrepreneurial leadership around the world. His work included advising and coaching executives from global companies, including Nestlé, Kraft, Amgen, Warner Bros., Sony, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, Microsoft, ChevronTexaco, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and the Fiat Group in Italy.

John served as a guest lecturer and panelist on the topic of entrepreneurship at various universities, including the University of Southern California, UCLA, Pepperdine University, California Lutheran University and the University of California at Santa Barbara.

John was also a Co-Founder of The BioTech Forum based in Westlake Village, California. The Forum is a networking group focused on creating a new biotechnology cluster to bring together investors, entrepreneurs, scientists and corporate executives. The Forum addresses the biotechnology, medical device and healthcare fields and targets the region along the 101 Corridor stretching among Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties.

Early in his career, John was employed for several years with top corporate law firms in the Silicon Valley and then served on the board of directors for numerous emerging-growth companies, both private and public, addressing a variety of industries. John earned his law degree from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Donations in John’s honor may be made to the El Nido Family Centers. There are three ways to donate:

1. By mail: 10200 Sepulveda Blvd. Ste. 350

Mission Hills, California 91345

Make the check payable to “El Nido Family Centers”

2. Online: www.elnidofamilycenters.org

There is an option to write a message “in John’s memory”

3. By phone: 818-830-3646

Speak with Diane Dighiera, Development Coordinator

More information may be found at maverickangels.com/John