Tim Flowers

CTO

Seattle, Washington, United States25 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

25 years of experience in technology leadership.
Proven track record in team building and stakeholder satisfaction.
Expert in driving operational efficiencies and revenue growth.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications and Infrastructure expert with a strong focus on operational efficiency.

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Skills

Core Skills

NetworkingLinux

Other Skills

Load BalancingUnixVoIPIT ManagementSolarisServersRedHatPerlDevOpsManagementTelecommunicationsLeadershipSoftware EngineeringAutomationNetwork Security

About

As a senior technology executive with a 25 year record of promotion, stakeholder satisfaction, and team building I am a champion for change with strong reputation of pushing for continuous improvement in all areas of an organization. I have been described by others as a strategic thought Leader with long-term vision to decrease operational costs and drive revenue opportunities.

Experience

25 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Apple

Engineering Leader

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid

Compass

Director of Engineering

Sep 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid

Sabbatical / extended leave

Sabbatical

Nov 2022 – Sep 2023 · 10 mos · Worldwide · Remote

Amazon web services

Software Development Manager, S3

Aug 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr · Greater Seattle Area

Amazon

Software Development Manager, EC2 Networking

Apr 2015 – Aug 2019 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Seattle, Washington

Limelight networks

Engineering Manager -- Streaming Video Servcies

Apr 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr · Greater Seattle Area

Hawaiian telcom

Sr Architect

Apr 2012 – Apr 2014 · 2 yrs · Honolulu, HI

Responsible for the technical direction of the telephony infrastructure at Hawaiian Tel. Worked cross functionally to develop long-term strategy to upgrade the legacy telephony network in a cost effective way. Assisted in the technical design and build of new products on our next generation business voice platform.

Marchex

Engineering Manager

Aug 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos

Hands on manager and technical lead for the production operations teams including systems, voice, and network engineering. Influenced positive cultural changes across the organization, by introducing a devops culture allowing the operations team and development teams to work more efficiently together. Provided architectural direction across multiple products, with a strong emphasis on deployment automation.

Speakeasy ( a best buy company)

2 roles

Voice Engineering Manager

Jan 2005 – Aug 2010 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Rapidly promoted from the Systems Engineering Lead to the VoIP Team in October of 2005. Designed and built 2 nationwide voice platforms, one for business and one for residential. Provided technical leadership, mentorship, as well as day-to-day management of the voice engineering team. Drove operational efficiencies by pressing automation at every opportunity, which resulted in reduced operational expenditures. Worked closely with the product team to help develop innovative products that lead to increased revenue.

Engineering Leader

Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr

I was hired as the technical lead, in charge of entire production network, as well as servers that support the lab environment. I was responsible for all technical decisions, as well as managing a team of 5 Sr. engineers. My main responsibility was to transform the production environment from a thrown together network into a carrier grade network capable of expanding with the growing needs of the company.