Daeshawn Ballard
Founder & CEO at Nargis
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolDaeshawn Ballard is a founder and product leader with about a decade of experience building 0-to-1 products across AI, developer platforms, web/mobile, blockchain, and growth systems. He currently leads Nargis, an AI-powered spoiler intelligence platform that applies narrative-state-aware models to protect fan experiences, and previously scaled Shaga from cloud gaming into authenticated gameplay data infrastructure for AI training. His work includes shipping a JavaScript SDK at Metaplex to bridge Rust programs to 300K+ developers, driving platform commercialization that touched creator commerce worth billions, and raising $5M+ across ventures. He combines IP-minded systems design (he’s a named inventor on a US patent application) with hands-on product execution and developer tooling expertise. Based in Baltimore, he also mentors founders on GTM, engineering velocity, and reducing time-to-market, often turning complex technical systems into products people actually use. An understated strength: he repeatedly moves projects from prototype to large-scale adoption by blending technical depth with pragmatic growth playbooks.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Bachelor of Science Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at PennWest CaliforniaiOS Development Bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering, iOS Development Bootcamp, Computer Software Engineering at Devslopes Academy
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Github Skills (17)
metaplex10
nft10
candy-machine9
blockchain9
copilot9
cursor8
solana8
claude6
cli5
rust5
codex5
ai3
javascript2
react2
git-workflow1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
daeshawnballard/daeshawnballard
Sep 2021 - Feb 2026
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
daeshawnballard/promucity
Apr 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 year 4 months
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