Kurt Koller

Current

• Founder / CEO (and Systems Architect) at Minimalist, Inc.

Past

• Director of Online Community at NursingHands, Inc.
• Director of Technology at Flightpath
• Consultant, Single and multi-player digital games at gameLab

• Co-Founder at InterClubs
• Senior Programmer at Longbow Int'l Corp.
• Consultant, Developer at Barnesandnoble.com
• Developer at R/GA Interactive
• Production Assistant at MTV Interactive

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Kurt Koller’s Summary

Systems architect who has delivered a substantial number of on-time and on-budget real-world technology projects. Always interested in making the impossible or improbable happen.

Kurt Koller’s Specialties:

Kurt has been working as a software developer for close to 20 years. He founded Minimalist, Inc., in February of 1997.

Please see the Minimalist website for more details about the company.

Things I do:

> Desktop applications
> Database design, development, and integration
> Large-scale system design and architecture
> Sophisticated web applications
> Internet commerce systems, tools, and components
> Handheld/vertical applications
> Game design and development

Kurt Koller’s Experience

• Founder / CEO (and Systems Architect)

  Minimalist, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 1997 — Present (11 years 6 months)

  Minimalist builds software and hardware/software installations. Our technology solutions as of late tend to revolve around promotional events, and include green screen video and photo, video games and real-world games, promotional kiosks, and data-driven websites. The platforms we develop for are web browsers, Windows, [Li|U]nix and mobile handsets.
  
  Our client list includes AOL, Bank of America, Pfizer, Major League Baseball, Merck, Astra Zeneca, Microsoft, Onfolio (purchased by Microsoft, now part of Windows Live), Ziff Davis, Sony/Ericsson, and many more.

• Director of Online Community

  NursingHands, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  January 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 9 months)

  My previous company, Interclubs, was acquired by Nursinghands in December of 1999. Beginning in 2000 I acted as director or online community and managed the development of an online community for nursing professionals. At the end of 2003 I remained on in an advisory role until the company sold to Nurseweek magazine in September 2003.

• Director of Technology

  Flightpath

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 1 month)

  Implemented production processes for schedule and budget estimation, resulting in consistent on-time, on-budget deliveries. Transitioned the technical side of the organization from a lightweight web development firm to a software development firm specializing in large-scale data-driven websites. (Flightpath was called XWorld prior to 2007.)

• Consultant, Single and multi-player digital games

  gameLab

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2000 — March 2001 (6 months)

  Created prototypes for multiplayer online games. Developed concepts for additional games with gameLab collaborative "core team."

• Co-Founder

  InterClubs

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 5 months)

  Conceived and created web-based community software. Later acquired by Nursinghands, Inc.

• Senior Programmer

  Longbow Int'l Corp.

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1997 — August 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  Developed online Sony Consumer Electronics Guide, enabling consumers to compare models of consumer electronics in sophisticated ways. Developed Lego Mindstorms website, enabling consumers of Mindstorms "robotic" toys to share robot programs and other information in online communities.

• Consultant, Developer

  Barnesandnoble.com

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 1997 — September 1997 (8 months)

  Ported parts of "prototype" site from Sun technologies to Microsoft technologies. Designed and developed the SiteWorks web traffic analysis and reporting system. Designed and programmed online game, survey, and calendar mini-applications.

• Developer

  R/GA Interactive

  (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1996 — April 1997 (8 months)

  Designed and developed content management software to generate daily versions of development websites from content generated by designers and writers. Administered two multi-user Sun machines used for development.

• Production Assistant

  MTV Interactive

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 1 month)

  Co-designed and programmed the initial MTV.com website. Customized an IRC server (in C++) for IRC live events with musical acts. Administered the Sun server for chat and an additional internal development server. Developed applications in Java, Perl, and C++ for content management

Additional Information

Kurt Koller’s Websites:

• My Company