Flash Programmer: Kenny Bunch
Name:
Kenny Bunch of Dreamsocket
Job Title:
President/Chief Architect
Where can people see your work?
www.kennybunch.com
Work Experience:
Kenny Bunch’s passion for programming began at age 8 on an Adam computer. By creating his own choose-your-own-adventure games, he realized early on that he could use the computer as a tool to make his dreams a reality. From that point forward, his mindset became a motivation to create things that would make people’s lives better. The first real world opportunity he was given to achieve this goal was at CNN. Serving as the lead Flash developer, he began working on easing the ways the world consumes information, communicates, and entertains itself. Of course, with every quest, there are many markers before the finish. Moving past CNN, he has held positions as lead Flash application developer at Cartoon Network/Adult Swim and as Software Architect at both Bellsouth and Gametap. In an effort to further expand his vision and experience, Kenny formed Dreamsocket. Alongside the work with Turner, Dreamsocket provided an outlet to work with clients like CBS, Rolling Stone, Nascar, Motorola, IBM, ING, and a host of others. Each of these positions, projects, and experiences have been one more step in the quest. Whether it’s a smile on a child’s face from owning digital cards from Cartoon or connecting long distance friends with communication applications, he is moving forward. However, his goal has not been reached, and each day Kenny strives to do something new in order to give back to world that has given him so much.
Clients you’ve helped:
Adult Swim, Avaya, Bellsouth, CBS, Cartoon Network, CNN, Disney, Gametap, ING, Nascar, Motorola, Playstation, Rolling Stone, SonyBMG, etc.
What do you think needs to happen for ATL to be respected on a worldwide creative level?
Personally, I think there is respect given to Atlanta, but I believe that it doesn’t have the same spirits as some cities do. It may be in the lifestyle that the city exudes, or it may be how the industry here works. It’s hard to pinpoint, but it boils down to collaboration. Creativity breeds from creatives owning what they do and being the primary voice. Creativity or brilliance can never be fully realized if it is controlled by those with outside interests. Atlanta needs something akin to an artist movement or spark to rally around in the design and interactive community. If you look at the most brilliant work, it is done by a handful of people that all have something to offer, working together in an unorthodox way. Atlanta has had Ted Turner, Mike Lazzo, Jermaine Dupri, and countless others, all who led a creative revolution in their own right. Each of them had a vision and crew. You get a vision and a passion and it can do wonders. Its all a matter of getting the right people together and driving them, and that doesn’t matter where you are.
Contact info:
www.dreamsocket.com
www.kennybunch.com
info@dreamsocket.com
The Work:
