Founder of a listed tool
John Shields
Co-founder, TableCheck Inc., named behind the TableCheck API listing on Anchor Terminal.
What John builds
TableCheck API C · Restaurant & local bookings
TableCheck is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform used mainly in Japan and Asia. Its API components cover availability, booking, CRM, POS and distribution to booking sites, with an MCP server for merchants.
Co-founder, TableCheck Inc., researched 26 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Yu Taniguchi Co-founder, TableCheck Inc.
Questions
Who is John Shields?
John Shields is co-founder and CTO of TableCheck, a restaurant booking and guest management company, and took the CTO role in 2013. He studied electrical engineering at Brown University and then spent five years in equity algorithmic trading as a vice president at Nomura Securities (formerly Lehman Brothers Japan).
What does TableCheck Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists TableCheck API from TableCheck Inc.. TableCheck is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform used mainly in Japan and Asia. Its API components cover availability, booking, CRM, POS and distribution to booking sites, with an MCP server for merchants.
How are John's tools graded?
TableCheck API is graded C, 57.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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