About the founder

I'm Nikki Quinn Baker, but most people call me Nick. I was raised in Florida, and I have always embraced adventure and thought beyond conventional boundaries. When faced with a 'no,' I consistently found alternative paths to the outcome I wanted.

Growing up, I spent countless hours playing Xbox, where I first learned to modify code and taught others how to do the same with their mods. That early curiosity about how things work behind the scenes is what ultimately motivated me to start my own tech company.

Ctrl Shift Run.

It's a one-person technology company. I develop custom websites with Next.js and manage Google Ads campaigns.

The name comes from a keyboard shortcut. Holding Ctrl+Shift while opening a taskbar-pinned application launches it in administrative mode - overriding the default permissions. It's a fitting metaphor for what I do: helping ambitious brands move past the limitations of templated tools and generic software, and building the kind of infrastructure that lets them scale without permission.