Lakeland Community College & Tri-Chamber Afterhours

​Join us for a fun evening of networking and business leadership inspiration!  There will be a social happy hour with appetizers & cash bar, vendor tables and a brief motivational presentation by John Cocco, President & CEO, Feedall Automation.
About the speaker:
Jon Cocco is the CEO and Owner of Feedall Automation (Willoughby, Ohio) and Linden Polyurethane (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), companies he acquired in 2017 and 2019 after 25 years of managing large corporations for private equity funds. Under his leadership, Feedall and Linden have experienced steady growth and have added strategic acquisitions and real estate assets to the portfolio. Most recently, Jon negotiated two separate strategic partnerships with Italian companies (SAIP Polyurethane and Euclid Labs) to expand its technology and geographic reach at both companies.  

Before acquiring Linden and Feedall, Jon was the CEO of Veyance’s spinout of its commercial vehicle suspension systems and then the COO of Q Holdings, a world leader in silicon molding. In 2015, he was a part of the successful $2.0 billion sale of the private equity-owned Veyance Technologies to Continental AG. Jon served on the Senior Executive Team as the Vice President for Goodyear’s, leading their industrial products division. Jon attended Case Western Reserve University, graduating with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. His post-graduate work includes an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and an Executive Education Program in Corporate Strategy from the Wharton School of Management. Jon lives In Shaker Heights with his amazing wife, Amy, and three kids, Jack, Anna, and Kate.