Summary
Kirk Powell is a business manager and entrepreneur with over a decade of hands-on experience blending retail operations and software development. He launched online auctions in 1998, opened a brick-and-mortar store in 2000, and taught himself to code out of operational necessity before earning a BS in Computer Science and an MS in Entrepreneurship. Kirk runs Von Neumann & Morgenstern, LLC, where he manages thousands of SKUs, daily community events, and a collectible card game trade business while building RocketJOBs as his current software project. A practical problem-solver shaped by early hardship and a server hack that taught him the importance of redundancy, he brings a rare mix of customer-facing retail instincts, technical fluency, and entrepreneurial grit. Based in Springfield, Oregon, he enjoys finding creative ways to delight customers and streamline operations through software.
10 years of coding experience
Associate of Arts - AA, Speech & Communication, Associate of Arts - AA, Speech & Communication at Central Oregon Community College
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Master of Science - MS, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Master of Science - MS, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at University of Tampa - John H. Sykes College of Business