John Piester, Executive Vice President

John joined the agency in 2002 and has worked in all aspects of the agency’s business, including production and account management as well as project development.  Most recently, he lead the Production Group and was responsible for overseeing all field and tour management, budgeting, build out, vehicles and insurance, warehouse, logistics, staffing and market intelligence. John has been instrumental in the creation and execution of programs for clients including BP, ESPN the Magazine, eBay, John Deere, AT&T, Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines.  Prior to his joining ignition, John worked for two years with the Salt Lake Organizing Committee on the 2002 Winter Olympic Games and spent four years with Momentum where he helped build the Coca-Cola Racing Family program. John and his wife, Kate, are parents to Adam, Michael and Linnea.  They make their home in Vermont, where John oversees all northeast regional operations for the agency.