John Kanan is a partner based in Bain & Company's Atlanta office. He is a member of the firm's Telecommunications, Media & Technology (TMT) and Commercial Excellence practices.

John works with CEOs and senior management teams on strategy development, salesforce and commercial transformation, as well as organizational effectiveness. Outside of TMT, he has extensive experience in the industrial goods & services and higher education spaces.

John leads consultant recruiting efforts for the Atlanta office.

During his tenure at Bain, he has spent time in the firm's Sydney office and has worked with Bain teams in both Asia and Latin America.

John holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a BA in philosophy and history from the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.