John Baschab

Managing Director & General Partner

John Baschab is co-founder, General Partner and member of the investment committee at Scout. He is responsible for capital raising, investor relations, field and internal information technology, commodity product marketing and hedging.

John earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama in 1991 and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago in 1996. John previously worked for technology firm Intergraph Corporation and management consultant Booz-Allen & Hamilton, until co-founding Impact Innovations Group, a mid-market technology outsourcing company. Impact Innovations Group was sold in two transactions, one involving a Charlesbank Capital Partners’ portfolio company.

John was an adjunct professor of engineering at Southern Methodist University from 2003 through 2010 and is co-author of several titles published by John Wiley & Sons, including The Executives Guide to Information Technology, The Professional Services Firm Bible, and Outperform: Inside the Investment Strategy of Billion Dollar Endowments. He serves on the Board of Visitors for the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama and the board of the Maverick chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization.