John Vangel, Managing Director

John Vangel brings extensive transactional and entrepreneurial experience with telecommunications and start-up companies to Hidden River.

John was a co-founder and Vice President-Business Development for HR One, Inc. At HR One, Mr. Vangel executed an aggressive acquisition and business development strategy that helped build HR One's revenue.

Prior to HR One, Mr. Vangel, as a lawyer with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and Davis Polk & Wardwell, advised private and public companies in a broad range of corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and strategic partnering transactions. John negotiated and closed numerous telecommunications transactions (deal sizes ranging from $10 million to $40 billion) over a four-year period as outside counsel to AirTouch Communications, PCS PrimeCo and Vodafone PLC.

John received an A.B. from Harvard College, a M.B.A. from the University of Texas-Austin and a J.D. from the Columbia Law School.