With nearly 30 years of experience, John Kirk has been fortunate to be a part of successful endeavors in a diverse set of industry categories and distribution channels. Currently, Kirk heads up business development and strategy at Joe Hand Promotions, the largest and longest-standing commercial sports entertainment distributor in the country.
Previously, as a consultant, Kirk designed and implemented business development strategies and execution plans that have had a dramatic impact on revenue and profit growth for a variety of professional service and financial technology businesses. As an entrepreneur, Kirk invested and participated in building the largest independent provider of program trading services to the institutional market (e.g. pensions, endowments, foundations, etc.), serving over $150 billion in plan assets. As an employee of SEI Investments, Kirk was the original head of sales and ultimately the business unit leader for the Investment Advisory Group which became the industry leader in turn-key asset management programs (TAMP) for Independent Broker Dealers and Registered Investment Advisors, raising more than $30 billion within eight years.
Kirk is a graduate of Penn State University.