Tim Ballard

Tim Ballard is the founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), which rescues children from sex trafficking rings. He spent over a decade working as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security, where he was deployed as an undercover operative for the U.S. Child Sex Tourism Jump Team. Now, Ballard's work includes the development of software and Internet investigations specifically to infiltrate file-share networks where traffickers exchange child pornography. He has...See more

Tim Ballard is the founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), which rescues children from sex trafficking rings. He spent over a decade working as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security, where he was deployed as an undercover operative for the U.S. Child Sex Tourism Jump Team. Now, Ballard's work includes the development of software and Internet investigations specifically to infiltrate file-share networks where traffickers exchange child pornography. He has also assisted in the training of many law enforcement officers in these procedures and testified before the United States Congress. Ballard continues to work undercover in the United States and in multiple foreign countries to infiltrate child-trafficking organizations. He currently resides in Utah. See less