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Tim Thimmaiah

Chief Executive Officer at Type Five

Oakland, California

Overview

Work Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2023 - Current

    We design and build beautiful homes using software.

  • Advisor

    2020

    Helping early-stage founders build amazing consumer-focused companies.

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2022 - 2023

    Supporting and advising new initiatives on the frontier of the creator economy.

  • Director of Product

    2020 - 2022

    Built and led the launch of Eventbrite Boost, a holistic marketing platform for creators. Led the product strategy and launch of Eventbrite Ads, a new ads platform and technology to help event creators reach their audiences across the Eventbrite marketplace.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2015 - 2020

    Acquired by Eventbrite in 2020. A platform that automates social marketing for over 1M+ creators, brands, and businesses around the world.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2012 - 2014

    Built one of the first cloud based CAD/CAM apps for genetic design enabling rapid prototyping for designing and engineering biologics.

  • Research Affiliate

    2011 - 2013

    Built an open source application that allows users to develop RNA gene regulation devices. With the application of RNA transcript design techniques, I worked to develop a design tool for creating gene regulation devices.

  • Program Director, Project for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    2011 - 2012

    The Project for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a collaboration between the City of Santa Cruz and UCSC designed to support a culture of entrepreneurship by placing select student interns into high tech and green tech startups.

  • Developer, Government 2.0 Task Force

    2010 - 2011

    I worked with the City of Santa Cruz's Redevelopment Agency to create applications to streamline city data for easy access and visibility. Bringing technology to old city practices will increase efficiency and the ability to use these data models to improve how the city runs. I also was a part of Santa Cruz Gov 2.0 Task Force to analyze how technology can solve the city's key problems.

  • Researcher, Product Development

    2010 - 2011

    At WISE Solutions, I was involved in several bio-related research projects, contributed to earning research grants, and helped to develop alternative solutions for harmful pesticides and lubricants.

  • Freelance Design & Development

    2008 - 2011

    This includes projects that involve freelance web development, user interface design, and other tech related adventures.

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