Steve Blake

Specialties: Entrepreneurship, VR/AR, Software Development, SEO, Affiliate Marketing, Music Composition and Sound Design for film and animation, Vintage Honda Motorcycles, Acoustical Design. My career in the tech industry has spanned over 30 years, with the last 8 years focused primarily on creating literacy software and animated content for children with Lexia Learning Systems. My work as a software developer is supplemented by my background in music composition, which I use to facilitate engagement, particularly in software meant for children. Additionally, my experience with Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) stretches back to the 1990s when I developed “Layering Man” a virtual reality film for the Polartec corporation. More recently, I have used this VR expertise to create a “virtual mall” for customers of my motorcycle parts business. As a business owner myself, I have experience in SEO, database creation, SaaS business models, customer acquisition and retention, and beyond. I am known for my agile development ability and consummate focus on creating cost effective solutions which best benefit the companies with which I work. I am passionate about motivating children through music. We don't give kids enough credit for their open and sophisticated musical taste. I have seen that even the youngest children respond positively to "classical" music and instruments and are fascinated by music from different cultures. Once exposed to quality emotionally charged music, they can't get enough. We are doing them a disservice by relegating them to nursery rhymes and typical cartoon music.