Oli Ballard
Director at 9AM Business
Weston-super-Mare, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOli Ballard is a director and founder with 11 years’ experience building B2B media, events and lead-generation programmes across the UK and internationally. He co-founded 9AM Business and runs We Are Trailblazer Ltd, helping entrepreneurs, professional services and tech firms turn content and awards into tangible pipeline and brand growth. Previously he led Business Leader Magazine’s commercial strategy and launched multiple national awards programmes, combining editorial instincts from an earlier journalism career with commercial rigour. Comfortable operating at the intersection of media, politics and marketing, he has a track record of winning and managing high-value accounts and large-scale events. Based in Weston-super-Mare, he brings a global perspective informed by East Asian studies and a practical knack for turning storytelling into measurable business outcomes. A pragmatic operator, he often pairs strategic thinking with hands-on execution—whether designing content plans, hosting events or driving sales.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, East Asian Studies and Global Politics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, East Asian Studies and Global Politics at Kanda University of International Studies
Github Skills (71)
swift10
macos10
objective-c10
ios10
perfect9
server-side9
website-development9
vapor9
http9
server-side-swift9
back-end-development9
server9
cocoapods9
xcode9
carthage8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nsleader/vipergen
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:7 releases, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
nsleader/NSMutableArray-Delegate
Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 9 tags in 1 month
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