Ernie Harker — 🔥The $Billion Branding Guy! Keynote Speaker | Branding Speaker | AI Speaker | Entrepreneur & C-Store Marketing Specialist | Author of Your Brand Sucks | Branding Expert | GenAI Wizard | Artist | Yogi

About Ernie

I grew up in southeast Idaho with nine brothers... That's not a typo, so life was loud, competitive, a little chaotic, and honestly pretty awesome. (Cue violin sounds for mom.) When I was eleven years old, I discovered I had a knack for drawing after mom put our only TV in the garage. Making great looking drawings garnered positive attention and that fueled a passion to become excellent. That passion turned into a career that began as a professional illustrator and quickly evolved to design, creative direction, marketing and branding. I'm on a mission to help businesses stand out, connect with people, and stop sounding like everyone else. And use AI to make it faster, easier and, better. Because let’s be honest: boring brands suck. They drain energy from teams, waste money on advertising, and disappear into the noise. Great brands elicit emotion, create connection, and attract business like crazy. I freakin' love that! I help organizations build awesome brands with more clarity, more personality, and more fire. I also help teams leverage AI in practical ways to create faster, think bigger, and market smarter without losing the human part that actually matters. These days, I do that as a brand strategist, author, keynote speaker, workshop leader, entrepreneur, and creative director. I love big challenges, creative thinking, and helping people bring bold ideas to life. I believe marketing should be authentic, remarkable, and exciting. I believe strong brands change everything. And I believe a little freakin’ courage to stand out can make a business extremely successful. Message me to speak to your organization or help you build your brand strategy.