John P. Dilts, J.D.
Founder and President
Maverick Angels, LLC

John Dilts is 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. Since founding the company in 2006, John has established Maverick Angels Chapters in Southern California and in Europe. John is an expert in the areas of innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship and often serves 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 Innovation” 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 teaches seminars on the topics of angel investing, innovation acceleration and entrepreneurial leadership around the world. His work includes advising and coaching executives from global companies, including Nestlé, Kraft, Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, Microsoft, ChevronTexaco, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank and the Fiat Group in Italy.

John has 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 is 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 Silicon Valley and has since 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.

Contact: John Dilts or call 818-706-7686

Maverick Angels
Profiles of our High Net-Worth Members

• Numerous current and former executives at Amgen, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies
• Former senior executive at Citibank managing IT security
• Former Nestle Food Company executive
• Former Washington Mutual executive
• Executive at Broadcom
• Cable television executive
• Successful serial entrepreneurs including several individuals who have sold their companies for sizable sums in the software, real estate, green tech and digital media sectors
• Venture capital executives
• Private wealth and trust fund managers
• Seasoned corporate attorneys
• IT Experts
• Executive at UBS who was formerly with Aerospace Corporation, Wellpoint and ARCO