John Hanke is a Co-Founder of Niantic, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. He also served as Vice President at Google. He is the Director of SourceTrace Syste He's also a Co-founder and served as a President and the Chief Operating Officer at Big Network. Hanke received his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996 and has a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.