John Mcmahon
Founder And CEO at Starter Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJohn McMahon is a seasoned technology founder and CEO based in San Francisco with more than a decade of experience delivering scalable platforms for enterprise automation and AI-powered workflows. He currently leads Valkyr Labs as founder and CEO, driving production-grade systems like ThorAPI, an open-source Enterprise CodeGen platform that automates secure Java Spring microservices with TypeScript React+Redux front ends, and ValkyrAI, an AI-powered workflow engine for intelligent automation and data management. He also helms Starter Inc., building and scaling SaaS and AI-enhanced development tools such as StackGen.io and Starter Automator, with notable engagements across Lending Club, Ford, Mayo Clinic, and other Fortune-grade partners. Earlier in his career he held senior engineering and architecture roles at Dolby Laboratories, delivering rapid web app initiatives and modernizing legacy systems, and served as an advisor and contractor to fintech, healthcare, and tech startups. A San Francisco State University graduate with a BA cum laude, he combines hands-on engineering craft with entrepreneurial leadership, and even uses LLM-assisted planning to shape business plans, roadmaps, and go-to-market strategies.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Cum Laude, BA, Cum Laude at San Francisco State University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (69)
material-ui10
swagger210
code-generation10
specification10
openapi10
twitter10
feed10
java10
reactjs10
scraper10
react10
react-components9
javascript9
monitoring9
rss9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
StarterInc/Ignite
May 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
react-nativemobile-applicationapplication-platformignite
spaceghost69/TEST_THORAPI
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
TEST_THORAPI
Contributions:16 PRs, 1550 pushes, 13 branches in 1 month
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