A little bit about John’s Background…

John Romano is an accomplished business owner and marketing executive with over 15 years of experience. Born in Massachusetts, Romano has lived on three different continents. He currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he manages Breakaway Solutions, a full-service web development company offering advertising, marketing, and PR services.

As the eBusiness consultant of the company, Romano leads a team of developers and software designers to create a cutting edge web experience for clients—he plans and executes white hat SEO and SEM strategies, redesigns user interface to improve usability, and is responsible for all ad design, development, placement, and ROI analysis.

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Business Administration, Romano has been creating innovative startups since the age of 22.  He excels at identifying opportunities, seeing the big picture, and developing creative online strategies that expand sales and revenue. Romano is also an accomplished manager and team leader: even working with a geographically remote group of developers, he uses his collaboration, motivation, and determination to bring together a cohesive and effective team.

Romano is the operator of several ecommerce websites as well as the administrator of VacationRentalsCommunity.com, which educates vacation rental professionals and property owners on all aspects of the industry. He has been featured on many major U.S. newspapers, magazines, TV and Radio stations including MSNBC, Fox, USA Today, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Kiplinger. Outside of his professional life, Romano is also a philanthropist dedicated to helping children in developing countries.