Kirk B.

Chief Technology Officer @ Block Nerds

About

Kirk Ballou has been leading development teams and creating software for Fortune 500 brands for over 15 years, working with clients like CNN, MTV, Red Bull, Microsoft, and Nat Geo. Among his accomplishments are winning the Stellar Build Challenge, Open Screen Fund from Adobe, and Calling All Innovators by AT&T. He has also been a contributor to open source projects for Microsoft working on MS Starter Kit for Phones and Tablets.

Country

United States

City

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

iPhone development, Objective-C, Java, C#, Silverlight, Windows Phone, Android, Android Development, Android SDK, iPhone Application Development, iPhone, iPad, Set Top Box, Mobile Applications, Mobile Payments, Mobile Technology, iOS development, Mobile Devices, Flash, ActionScript

Experience

Chief Technology Officer

Block Nerds

2018-5 - Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Our services include product development, software consulting and staff augmentation for Fintech, Healthcare and Real Estate companies.

CEO / Chief Architect

Touch Titans, LLC

2010-11 - 2018-4 · 7 yrs 6 mos

Touch Titans was launched in 2010 to expand our reach into other mobile platforms. The same team of award winning designers and developers from Flash Widgets are now building custom branded applications for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry. Our clients include Microsoft, CNN, National Geographic, Nokia, Red Bull and many others.

CEO / Chief Architect

Flash Widgets, L.L.C.

2005-12 - 2018-4 · 12 yrs 5 mos

We develop custom mobile solutions and products for the largest handset makers and carriers in the world. Our primary business is Adobe Flash Lite development. We have a passion for all things mobile and we pour this love for what we do into our work. Our mission is to provide our clients with products and services that obtain unsurpassed engaging mobile user experiences.

Principal Engineer / Lead Architect

Adobe

2007-8 - 2008-3 · 8 mos

I create the high level architecture for mobile devices as well as team management of resources on Adobe, and Motorola projects. I am currently developing Flash Lite UI architecture for one of the largest handset makers in the world.

Senior Flash Engineer

HelloWorld, Inc.

2007-1 - 2007-8 · 8 mos

I developed promotional games for the web and mobile devices. I created two new product offerings for ePrize. Mobile WAP sites and a series of custom mobile games in Flash Lite. The Mobile WAP offering was an instant success with adoption from forward thinking clients and generating an immediate revenue increase for ePrize.

Senior Flash Developer

Verizon

2003-3 - 2006-10 · 3 yrs 8 mos

My role as the lead architect of Verizon.com was to integrate dynamic flash components with a CMS backend. I also developed rapid prototypes for FiOS TV and VerizonONE mobile device which are both now in production. My rapid prototypes were used for demonstrations, a guideline to set top box C# developers, as well as for usability testing.