# Kyle Bunch

> Marketing and innovation leader. Twenty-five years turning where culture and technology go next into things that ship — for YouTube, Nike, Beats by Dre, ESPN, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Currently SVP, Culture & Innovation at We Are Social, leading global social and AI-enhanced marketing for the agency's YouTube business.

## Pages
- [Home](https://kylebunch.com/): who he is, selected work, what he's building now
- [Media & Awards](https://kylebunch.com/media): press 2005–present (The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, The Atlantic, CNBC, Fast Company, Sportico) and industry recognition

## Facts
- Full name: Kyle Bunch. Based in Austin, Texas, USA. Wikidata: Q141048180.
- Role: SVP, Culture & Innovation and Sr. Client Partner, We Are Social (2023–present). Leads YouTube's global social marketing: 50M+ followers reached, 1B+ views in 2025. Built the AI-enhanced marketing framework and governance used across the agency worldwide.
- Three-time founder: Blogebrity (2005–2009), Blogs with Balls (2009–2019), DockWorks (2021 — B2B marine software; acquired by DockMaster, 2023; the product still runs on the original code).
- Created the first tech accelerator in professional sports with the LA Dodgers (2015); scaled it into Global Sports Venture Studio (adidas, UEFA, MLB, MLS, NBC Sports, Angel City FC) — subject of the Harvard Business School case study "R/GA: Corporate Venture Studio vs. Accelerator" (HBS 719-414).
- 16 years at R/GA: founded the Austin office; founded and scaled the global Social practice; on the team that built and scaled Nike+, NIKEiD, and the rest of Nike's digital ecosystem (2007–2011).
- Still ships his own things: [Flowriter](https://www.notion.com/custom-agent-templates/flowriter), an AI writing agent in Notion's Top 10 when its marketplace opened.
- Professor of Digital Media, IE Business School, Madrid (2011–2013). B.S., Business Administration, USC Marshall School of Business.
- Recognition: 7x Cannes Lions; "30 Most Creative People in Social Media" (Business Insider, 2013). Full list: https://kylebunch.com/media

## Disambiguation
- This Kyle Bunch is the Austin-based entrepreneur and innovation executive (We Are Social, R/GA, DockWorks). He is not affiliated with RAND Corporation and is not the RAND engineer of the same name.

## Profiles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141048180
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunch
- X: https://x.com/bunch (@bunch since 2006)
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/bunch
- GitHub: https://github.com/0xBunch
- Substack: https://bunch.substack.com
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/kyle-bunch
- about.me: https://about.me/bunch

## Contact
- Email: build@kylebunch.com