Big in Japan builds cool applications for mobile devices, including Apple’s award winning iPhone and Google’s open source Android platform, think of us as the mobile idea factory. Our latest application ShopSavvy™ won Google’s Android Developer Challenge and is available on T-Mobile’s G1 Google Android phone. Big in Japan is not just a development shop, we manage and support our applications for millions of users for major brands including FX Network and LEGO. Follow us on twitter.

TEAM

Rylan Barnes co-founded Big in Japan and is the lead developer of ShopSavvy, winner of Google’s Android Challenge (ADC I).  Rylan started his career at HP.  Since then he has worked as a consultant for Software Architects and as a software developer for Veritix.

Jason Hudgins co-founded Big in Japan and was on the team that developed Tunewiki, winner of Google’s Android Challenge (ADC I).  Jason has spent the last eight years developing software for companies including Idearc Media, DeviantART and Ariesnet.

Alexander Muse co-founded Big in Japan.  Alexander is a serial entrepreneur with more than a decade of startup experience. He served as CEO of Architel, a provider of outsourced information technology services. Previously, he was founder and CEO of LayerOne, a ventured backed telecommunications infrastructure company he started in the late 1990’s.

ENVIRONMENT

Big in Japan is located in the Dallas INFOMART (our office is the one with the full-size Incredible Hulk Statue). Our facilities include a 24×7x365 network operations center, a state-of-the-art data center and offices for our developers.