John Lincoln

John Lincoln is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Ignite Visibility, an award-winning digital marketing, website development, web technology, and SaaS platform. In January 2026, he transitioned into the Executive Chairman role after serving as CEO for 13 years, where he now focuses on long-term strategy and supporting the leadership team as the business scales.

Ignite Visibility is consistently recognized as one of the top digital agencies in the United States and is backed by Mountaingate Capital. Most recently, Ignite was named #1 Best Place to Work (Medium-Sized Business) by the San Diego Business Journal (2024) and Inc. Magazine Best Places to Work (2024). The company is also a 6x Inc. 5000 winner, Entrepreneur Top Supplier (7 consecutive years), Clutch #1 Digital Marketing Agency, Google Agency Excellence Award finalist, UpCity National Excellence Award winner, Netty Award winner, and W3 Gold Award winner for Emerging Technology. Ignite is a Google Premier Partner (top 3%), Microsoft Advertising Select Partner, and Mailchimp Pro Partner, and has expanded through strategic acquisitions including IDS, Outliant, Rallio, and EverConnect.

John is an award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and keynote speaker who has led or advised 1,000+ digital growth programs. His work spans large-scale, multi-million-dollar advertising programs as well as product-focused programs designed to scale efficiently in smaller-budget environments. He has worked across nearly every industry and business type, with a focus on building durable, technology-driven growth systems supported by software, data, attribution, forecasting, automation, and web technology.

Throughout his career, John has supported leading brands across nearly every major category. He is known for combining executive-level decision making with hands-on operating experience — aligning strategy, technology, and execution to drive measurable outcomes.

John is a three-time author, including Advolution, which became the #1 New Release in Advertising on Amazon. He has been recognized as a 2x Most Admired CEO, and Top Leader Under 40 by the Business Journal. He has spoken at Web Summit, SMX Advanced, and Pubcon, and previously taught digital marketing at UC San Diego. Outside of work, John is an avid trail runner, surfer, and fitness enthusiast, and actively supports youth sports and charitable organizations.