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John Lionberger

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Pinnacle Business Guide at Pinnacle Business Guides
📍 Greater Houston, United States

John Lionberger is a Business and M&A Advisor with extensive experience leading and scaling complex organizations, including growing one company from $1M to over $350M. Educated at Bradley University and Harvard Business School Online, colleagues describe him as enthusiastic, supportive, dedicated, and generous. He is an expert in ESOPs, strategy, and capital formation.

Beyond his professional work, John is an active philanthropist. He serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas and on the College of Engineering Advisory Council at his alma mater, Bradley University. He has also funded an endowed scholarship and helped build a trade school in Burundi, Africa.

An accomplished race car driver, John is also committed to personal fitness and faith-based principles.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Pinnacle Business Guide
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Houston, United States
Personality Overview

How John shows up

Fast But Thoughtful
Objective Evaluator
Goal-Oriented

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.

Priorities

Topics John cares about

Middle-Market M&A
Advises middle-market companies on mergers, acquisitions, and capital formation, and frequently posts about topics like strategic versus financial buyers.
Business Scaling
Has firsthand experience growing a company from $1M to over $350M and now guides other leadership teams on scaling operations and maximizing enterprise value.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Pinnacle Business Guide
Pinnacle Business Guides
1-2026
Director
NovaGuard Technologies, Inc.
1-2023 - 3-2026
Executive Director
DGP Capital
5-2019
CEO/Consultant
Lion Strategic Advisors
2018 - 2019
President and Board Member
Burrow Global, LLC - Houston, TX/Beaumont, TX
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1988 - 1991
Bachelor of Science
Bradley University
2020 - 2021
Executive Certificates (Strategy
Harvard Business School Online
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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