John Kirker

Serial entrepreneur and technologist, John Kirker, specializes in behavioral prediction systems, pattern recognition, and practical AI applications built on four decades of creating their foundational precursors.

He has helped local SMB’s to over 100 Fortune 500 clients generate billions in revenue and find quality hires. In 1994, at age 23, he co-founded ReferralNet, an early precursor to Yelp. Later, as Founder & CEO of The Stirling Bridge Group, he created the first SaaS platform for mortgage banking and the PIN ID Marketing System – pioneering the integration of direct response postal mail marketing with websites using behavioral tracking and personalization technologies that have become industry standards. His MortgageSites platform was acquired by Ellie Mae, now the world’s largest mortgage loan processor.

Before the internet mainstream, John’s companies hosted and maintained the first websites for companies like Pizza Hut, Lockheed Martin, Kaiser Permanente, International Trucks and Ryder Truck. A single Terminix project generated over $500M using his PIN ID system, which was also adopted by hundreds of companies including all branches of the U.S. Military for recruiting. He has guided companies of all sizes and with some clients achieving nine-figure exits or IPOs.

Beginning programming at 11 and launching his first BBS at 12, John has lived through the entire gamut of the online world through today.  He has been lucky enough to have worked for and been mentored by marketing legends Jay Abraham and Robert Stover. He has been building AI-precursor systems since 1994, giving him unique insights into today’s AI revolution.