John Street

John Street is an award-winning entrepreneur in the telecommunications and Internet messaging industries who has built three businesses that garnered Inc. 500 status.Prior to founding Pax8 in 2012, he built MX Logic into the world's largest independent provider of cloud-based email and web security. That company was acquired by McAfee, Inc., in 2009. John served as Chairman and CEO of USA.NET, Inc., and successfully raised over $100 million in private equity financing. At its peak, USA.NET managed more than 33 million mailboxes on behalf of its customers, including American Express, Palm, Netscape, Register.com and Goodyear. John also served as Chairman and CEO of Telephone Express, a provider of long distance services, and grew the company from startup to over $80 million in annual sales before selling it in 1997. This sale resulted in a payback to the original investment partners in excess of 1,200 times their original investment over a nine-year period. John has served on several boards and has been involved in a wide variety of other startups, ranging from fulfillment services to direct sales and marketing ventures. He has also served on many civic boards and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. A longtime supporter of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra, John was executive producer for "Jumpin' Jazz Kids - A Swinging Jungle Tale", which was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award in the Best Children's Album category. John has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame and is a CPA.