John Joseph Pirillo, 55 of Altamonte Springs, Florida passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Mr. Pirillo was born April 28, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York to Armand D. and Barbara Scully Pirillo. He is survived by his parents, his children, Christopher J. Pirillo/Kristen Hanlon, and Connor M. Pirillo, their mother Cheri Spell, brother Paul Pirillo/Nancy.

John moved to Florida in 1977, where he attended Lake Brantley High School, class of 1980, followed by the University of Central Florida where he received his Bachelors of Science in Marketing in 1984, and then Rollins College where he received an M.B.A. in Finance in 1989. John led a very successful career in sales beginning as an Account Manager at Lockheed Martin where he met his former wife Cheri and they were together for 24 years. He continued his career ending as the Vice President of Sales for multiple telecommunication startup companies including Ascend, Procera, Ellacoya, ECI, Caspian, and Amber before retiring in 2008.

Throughout John's life he enjoyed sports; even prior to moving from New York where he was an All-Star baseball player. He enjoyed golf, tennis, water skiing and snow skiing. John lived for the water and loved heading to a beach.

John had a distinctive laugh, contagious and once started everyone in the room followed. He was silly, playful, mindful and brilliant. He was determined to meet his goals and usually shot past them which both inspired his peers and aggravated the heck out of them. Nobody worked harder than John.

His family was his pride and joy; his boys brought a smile to his face every day. He bragged about how smart they are, how beautiful and loving they are; all traits from him he would say. He encouraged them in sports, basketball, soccer and baseball and was there every Saturday to watch them play and to cheer them on.

There was always either Friday night or Sunday dinner with his mom and dad, Barbara and Sonny; close ties for his sons with their Grandma and Pops. Family bonding was important to John. It was exciting to all the boys, John, Chris and Connor when Uncle Paul and Aunt Nancy were in town; that meant beach time for everyone, and hopefully Lindsay and Trevor were with them. And when not at the beach John would keep the kitchen and grill running, no one left the table hungry.

He had a unique flair about him that can not be forgotten, we will all miss him.

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