About John Downey
John has extensive senior-level experience building and managing market-leading international businesses, ranging from completely new to multibillion dollar P&L’s.
Most recently, he was the Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer for Hurtigruten, the global leader in expedition travel with nearly $700M in non-pandemic annual revenue. Prior to Hurtigruten, John was at Amazon, where he served in leadership roles for Amazon Go, the world’s most advanced shopping technology, and Fulfillment By Amazon. He began his career at Motorola where he had global responsibility for a market-leading Bluetooth wireless headset portfolio of over 20 product lines.
John earned his MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology also from Northwestern.
About Crux Advisors
Crux Advisors' is a strategic advisory firm that leverages mental models and processes, developed at top performing companies like Amazon, to guide executives (CEOs, C-Suite, and VP level) and their teams to solve strategic, operational, and organizational problems resulting in tangible improvements in revenue and profitability across their businesses. We do this through individual coaching, team level seminars, and longer engagements where we embed with the leadership team to diagnose more systemic problems and develop solution paths.