John McCarley

John McCarley, Founder of Stay A-Ok

John McCarley is an entrepreneur from Dallas, Texas who founded Stay A-Ok, a web-based application that helps people automatically redial busy phone numbers for state unemployment offices, banks, airlines, and other businesses.12

McCarley came up with the idea for Stay A-Ok after struggling to get through to the Texas Workforce Commission to file for unemployment when he was laid off from his job at a startup called Bevy in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2 He wanted to find a solution to the time-consuming process of repeatedly dialing busy phone numbers.

After searching online and not finding an existing app to solve this problem, McCarley decided to create his own web application. He went through an RFP process with Amazon but ultimately found a team of developers in India to build the Stay A-Ok platform.2

Stay A-Ok allows users to select their state and the business they need to contact, then automatically dials and redials the number for them. It offers various membership plans starting at $4.99 per month for 10 calls.2

Prior to founding Stay A-Ok, McCarley had a diverse career including roles at Beretta, Burberry, and his own digital marketing agency called Jolt Social Media.2 He is a graduate of Arkansas State University.13