Presently, John V. Balen holds the position of Chairman at Cardlytics, Inc. and General Partner of Canaan Management, Inc., Managing Member at Canaan Partners VIII LLC (a subsidiary of Canaan Management, Inc.).

He is also Managing Member at Canaan Partners VIII LLC and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past John V. Balen held the position of Managing Director at Horsley Bridge Partners LLC, Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. and Sales Applications Engineer at Codenoll Technology Corp.

He received an MBA and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.