John Lauer is an entrepreneur and telecommunications industry veteran, and the CEO and co-founder of Zipwhip, a Seattle-based business-texting software provider. Zipwhip pioneered the concept of texting for landline, VoIP and toll-free phone numbers, and built the original business-texting network. Lauer established breakthrough relationships with mobile carrier networks to deliver unrivaled message reliability and security for any phone number in North America. He created Zipwhip to help companies of all sizes have better conversations with their customers. Zipwhip now has over 200 employees, more than 20,000 customers and has received more than $41 million in funding.