Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
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John King is an executive who shapes strategy to have exponential positive impact on the trajectories of the companies he serves. He specializes in working with companies during critical go-to-market and growth periods. A core strength of John’s is composing stories that sell.
Through The Actualize Agency, John is helping build, brand, fund, and
launch multiple startups, such as Carabuena tequila, High Desert, an award winning vodka made from cactus, a consumer tech booking platform for nightlife, the fourth fastest growing cannabis company in Colorado, and TALA, a company changing residential living with membership-based flexible living offerings. As an owner of a Restore Hyperwellness franchise, John is focused on how he can serve others through health and wellness.
Prior to Actualize, John served as CMO of Goods & Services, an award-winning independent creative agency, and then as head of Good Ventures, where he discovered, built, and launched brands.
John is the former Head of Marketing and Communications at SparkCognition, a unicorn AI company in Austin, Texas. Through strong brand marketing, public relations, and communications, John helped scale the company from 10 people, $600,000 ARR, and $3M valuation, to a global 300 person, $60M ARR, and $770M valuation.
Prior to his time at SparkCognition, John was a leader in Austin's clean energy sector, and helped put the city on the map as a global cleantech hub, drawing the attention of the US military and resulting in every US military branch assigning an innovation office to Austin.
Committed to serving his community, John has been recognized for his work as an Austin Under 40 recipient, as well as being named to the business journal’s Who’s Who in Energy.
John helps develop and scale values-driven, growth-stage companies who are on a meaningful mission.
