John Maguire

John Maguire is the Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions at Academy Securities, specializing in high-growth, dual-use technology markets, including Emerging Technologies, Defense Tech, and Cybersecurity.

Mr. Maguire joins Academy after 20 years of professional experience distinguished by a blend of executive operating leadership, corporate development expertise, and extensive public sector service.

Mr. Maguire possesses a proven transaction record spanning the full M&A lifecycle. As a corporate development leader, he executed acquisitions, strategic investments, and managed end-to-end, value-generating integrations for various major organizations. Furthermore, he served as an executive operator, holding leadership roles in Business Development and Strategy at multiple venture-backed technology companies that achieved M&A exits to major strategic buyers. His operational focus centered on developing and executing global Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, successfully adapting core consumer technology into enterprise and dual-use offerings, and building strategic partner ecosystems through alliances and OEM frameworks to generate multi-year recurring revenue contracts in both the private and public sectors. He also serves as a Venture Partner and Advisor in the Dual-Use Defense Tech ecosystem.

A former Division I athlete, Mr. Maguire is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds advanced degrees from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy. He served as a senior staff member on the Senate Intelligence Committee and as a U.S. Navy Intelligence Officer. He currently advises on the intersection of technology and policy as an Affiliate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University.