Kevin Wallace

Kevin Wallace is one of the co-founders of Abvio Inc, a mobile application development company based in San Francisco, California.13 He founded Abvio in 2008 along with his long-time friend and business partner, Steve Kusmer.35

Background and Career

Kevin Wallace has a long history in the tech industry:

• He began his career at Hewlett-Packard in 1983, where he first met Steve Kusmer.1
• Later, he worked with Kusmer again at Macromedia, a web development software company.1
• In 1998, Wallace joined Atomz, a search engine for websites co-founded by Kusmer.1
• After Atomz was sold in 2005, Wallace and Kusmer decided to start a new venture together, which led to the creation of Abvio in 2008.13

Abvio Inc

Abvio is focused on developing fitness-related mobile applications:

• The company's flagship products include Runmeter, Cyclemeter, and Walkmeter, which are among the top-selling Health and Fitness applications in the iTunes App Store.2
• These apps track users' exercise routines and generate progress graphs, which can be exported to Google Maps for 3-D views of trips.2
• Abvio has achieved significant success, with over 120,000 users in a single month at one point.2

Entrepreneurial Approach

Wallace and Kusmer's approach to running Abvio includes:

• Self-financing the company to maintain control and focus on consumer satisfaction rather than outside investors.2
• Keeping costs low by developing products themselves and initially hiring only essential consultants.2
• Focusing on a narrow market (iPhone-only apps) to implement improvements quickly.2
• Pricing their apps at $4.99 with no free versions.2

Kevin Wallace's LinkedIn profile can be found under the username kevin-wallace-bb1ba.4