John Pohl was born and raised in Bemidji, MN, the home of Paul Bunyan and Jane Russell (not necessarily in that order). In 2007 he decided to pursue a long-time dream and open a strategic marketing agency focused on the dental industry. John named the agency 14th Floor Solutions and made himself the CEO: Chief Elevator Operator. Over the past 13 years John has had the good fortune of working for a wide variety of dental clients, many of whom remain clients. Most importantly, John has been married for 38 years to Mary, whom he first met in grade school, whose twin sister married his best friend from prep school, and whose father was his 7th grade basketball coach and 10th grade football coach. John and Mary have two children: Max, a teacher and entrepreneur living in Tokyo, and Lizzie, who works as an analyst for the Office of the Mayor in New York City.