Strategic Technology Executive
John Kirker is a strategic technology executive with over three decades of experience at the intersection of technical innovation, marketing science, and business growth.
His career began in the earliest days of the internet — pioneering secure online applications, building SaaS platforms before the term existed, and developing attribution systems that were deployed at 200+ enterprise customers. Through The Stirling Bridge Group, he created applications and software platforms that were adopted by 100+ Fortune 500 companies including Agilent, AT&T, Charles Schwab, eBay, Expedia, Fidelity, Kaiser Permanente, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, and Verizon.
John built Job Viper, a SaaS recruitment platform that became the conceptual template for what would later become ZipRecruiter. He pioneered the first secure online mortgage application system with automatic loan processing integration — technology estimated 10+ years ahead of industry adoption. He developed PinID, a direct mail attribution system that revolutionized offline-to-online response tracking.
His advisory work through CTMO Consulting has guided ventures through critical scaling milestones, with client companies achieving consistent 3-5x revenue growth during engagement. He has studied under Jay Abraham (America's highest-paid marketing consultant at $5,000/hour) and combines deep technical knowledge with direct response marketing expertise — a rare combination.
From Practitioner to Platform
After three decades of building systems that connected technology to business outcomes, John recognized a fundamental market failure: the world's best strategic frameworks were locked behind consulting fees that excluded 99% of businesses.
The same analytical methodology that McKinsey charges $3M+ to apply — Porter's Five Forces, DCF valuations, competitive positioning, market sizing — could be encoded as expert systems. Not as chatbot prompts. Not as template generators. As genuine expert systems that execute structured methodology the way a team of senior consultants would.
Rathvane is the realization of that insight: 54 Expert Systems encoding 4,800+ cross-connected methodologies, strategies, and frameworks modeled after 700+ revered industry experts, connected by 242 cross-system data flows, governed by 306 quality guardrails. The accumulated knowledge of the world's leading strategists, made accessible to every company that needs it.
Career Highlights
Built SaaS platforms before the term existed — Job Viper became the conceptual template for ZipRecruiter
Pioneered the first secure online mortgage application with automated loan processing — 10+ years ahead of industry adoption
Created PinID attribution system — deployed at 200+ enterprise customers for offline-to-online response tracking
Built applications and software platforms used by 100+ Fortune 500 companies through The Stirling Bridge Group
99%+ client retention rate delivering complex projects on time and on budget
Studied under Jay Abraham ($5,000/hour marketing consultant) — combines deep technical knowledge with direct response expertise
30+ years connecting technical architecture to revenue growth — client companies achieving 3-5x growth during engagement
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Over three decades, John has delivered strategic technology and marketing solutions to some of the world's most recognized companies.