Jon Carter is an active angel investor and advisor to purpose driven start ups. Jon is currently the CEO and Founder of Culinary Flo, an Austin based ecommerce SaaS platform for food service merchants with a mission to power the best food brands on earth. Prior to Culinary Flo, Jon was the CEO of Snap Kitchen. At Snap, Jon was responsible for the strategy and execution behind Snap Kitchen's transition from a brick and mortar retail concept into a truly innovative omni-channel business.

Prior to Snap, he served as Senior Vice President of Ecommerce at Live Nation Entertainment. In that role, Carter ran product, design, engineering, online marketing and operations for the entertainment giant's ecommerce businesses across the Live Nation network of sites including LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. In his capacity as GM of the Direct to Consumer business, Carter was responsible for the ecommerce storefronts of over 600 artist clients including: Jay Z, Shakira, U2, Madonna, Deadmau5, Kaskade and KISS as well as sports and fitness clients like Tiger Woods and Jillian Michaels.

Before joining Live Nation, Carter served as Vice President of Product for Uboc.com (the ecommerce arm of UnionBanCal, a bank with $97 B in assets). There Carter headed the banks online strategic governance board and managed some of the largest revenue generating product categories including its flagship Bank@Home product.

Carter has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.