Dr. John Pournoor

John is the CEO and founder of Government Analytica. He has 35 years of experience working at the nexus of governments and industry, most recently as VP of Government Affairs at 3M with operations in 29 states and in over 37 countries. Government Analytica provides its private and public sector clients research, analysis, and public-value thought leadership insights and content to better engage governments in health care, infrastructure, technology, trade, supply chains, safety, and security sectors.

In September of 2001, John was asked by 3M, his employer, to chair a consortium of companies to respond to US Government needs.

During a challenging time in our nation’s history, CBRTA Alliance, which included Beckton

Dickinson, Black and Veatch, Cargill, Mayo Clinic, Motorola, Honeywell, Lucent/Bell, General

Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, and 3M proved to be ideal grounds to work with leading organizations that employ a variety of strategies for effective U.S. government engagement and service, after 9/11.

Soon after, he was asked to form 3M’s International Government Affairs Team while a new megatrend was taking hold. Governments had begun to produce large amounts of data. Access to this new wave of digital information on economic, social, and a myriad of other indicators was open to the public.