As Director of Operations, he oversees HASTINGS’s Owner and Consultant agreements, long-range staff planning, information systems, design applications, and capital planning. He was instrumental in bringing HASTINGS on a new ERP/CRM platform to better facilitate project management efficiencies, historical and current project data in the hands of leadership within the firm. He brings over two decades of extensive experience including ten years with Autodesk to the practice. John’s time at Autodesk kept him at the forefront of design applications and selling enterprise solutions for Architectural, Engineering, Construction, and Retail customers. Before Autodesk, he spent eleven years at Perkins and Will – seven years in Charlotte followed by four years in Seattle where he was the Project Architect/Senior Project Manager for numerous projects focusing on the Science and Technology sector.

John is a Middle Tennessee boomerang born in Nashville and returning in 2016. John graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from University of Tennessee Knoxville. He is a registered architect in Washington. He was appointed in 2024 to Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals by Mayor of Franklin. He was appointed to the University of Tennessee Alumni Board (Williamson County Chapter in 2022). In Seattle he was a board member of the Sunset Hill Community Organization, and in Chicago the Regional Commissioner of the American Youth Soccer Organization. He also served as the President of the La Grange Field Club and served on the La Grange Design Review Committee. Whether it’s golfing, hiking, fishing, or snowboarding, you can always find John outdoors whenever he gets the chance.