The Story Of BIMASS With Kevin Baker
Our guest in this episode of Ace Founder is Kevin Baker, founder of BIMASS.
Kevin's background is pretty interesting.
A self-taught hacker who got his first warning from law enforcement as a teenager, he went on to build his own custom computer brand in Florida in the 90s, programme chips for Compaq, and eventually landed in state government as a Chief Information Security Officer — before walking away from the politics and betting on himself and founding BIMASS.
12 years later, they’re still standing, still growing, and now building an AI-powered tool that could change how organisations manage cybersecurity risk altogether.
In this conversation, Kevin shares the story behind BIMASS — and what it really takes to build a cybersecurity firm that survives recessions, a global pandemic, and a constantly shifting industry.
📚 What We Talk About:
00:33 From Commodore 64 to hacking bulletin boards — how it all started
05:21 The moment government politics pushed him out and BIMASS was born
08:43 How the name BIMASS came together at 2 am and why it stuck
10:13 How COVID turned into their best trading period — pallets of laptops and all
13:03 What BIMASS does — and the AI-powered tool they're building to replace the CISO workload
20:37 Why being brutally honest in a client meeting landed them one of their biggest contracts
27:19 Why every lucrative contract they've ever won came through referrals, not marketing
31:59 Where Kevin sees BIMASS in five years — and why acquisition is the goal
💭 Key Quotes:
"AI doesn't have all the answers.."
"AI is only as good as the information you feed it. We human beings need to be careful not to get lazy and stop thinking."
"Believe in your vision and have faith. Stick to it and take the risk."
"When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's really bad. You just have to adapt."
"I could be dog-tired — I'm gonna get up and do it. It's in me."
🔗 Connect With Our Guest:
Website: BIMASS
LinkedIn: Kevin Baker
BIMASS LinkedIn
