Great Lakes Region
Grant Kirik — Regional Principal
Grant Kirik was born at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. He brings discipline, leadership, and a strong sense of service, which he grew from his background, into everything he does. Grant, a former athlete and a lover of nature, went through the stages of life playing travel hockey and racing asphalt oval track cars. He stays fit these days by coaching hockey, working on racecars, and being out in nature. Most importantly, he is a father who devotes himself to bringing up his four children, and he really enjoys it.
Following his graduation from high school, Grant signed up with the United States Air Force as an Intelligence Analyst. He was deployed to Afghanistan and trained in HUMINT (human intelligence). At the moment, he is still serving in the Air Force Reserves, a position he is very proud of.
Grant also has a Business Management degree and an MBA. Alongside, he is engaged as a private contractor in the field of government operations.
Grant, as Black Shoe Digital’s Great Lakes Principal, is the leader who, with a mix of military precision, business savvy, and real relationship-building, brightens every client partnership, supports companies throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
Grant is one of those people who really ‘gets it’: he understands how much personal connection power there is and how big an impact a strong online presence can have on a small business. He goes out of his way to make it easy for companies across the Midwest to open new avenues of growth by using their digital resources effectively.
So, if you want to take your brand to the next level in the digital world with someone that you can rely on and who has been there, done that, then there is no one better than Grant to show you the way.
