John Wicker

John Wicker has extensive experience in various leadership roles in the technology industry. John is the Founder and CEO of Joyride Auto Auctions since 2020. Prior to that, they were the Founder and CEO of AutoReturn for 18 years, where they developed disruptive technologies to revolutionize smart cities. John also served as the Vice President at Redleaf Group, where they built and ran the innovations team for a venture capital firm. Earlier in their career, John worked as a Director of Business Development at Viant, leading e-business transformation efforts for Fortune 500 clients. John also managed the Internet Consulting Group at Informix Software and worked as a Manager at BSG Consulting and Price Waterhouse.

John Wicker earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science from Virginia Tech. John attended the university from 1983 to 1988.