# Tim Boldt > Always learning; always making it happen. Location: Pleasanton, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/timboldt • A well-balanced generalist who can fill in wherever necessary to help the team succeed. • 20 years of experience delivering successful software products and services. • An expert in the domain where storage meets networking, including online data protection, data de-duplication, WAN optimization, and storage at scale. • Fascinated by the unique challenges of massively scalable distributed systems. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Vector Atomic Jan 2024 – Present | Pleasanton, California, United States ### Principal Software Engineer @ Aalyria Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Embedded software development, on the TightBeam free space optical communication. ### Staff Software Engineer @ Google Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area 2022-2023 Cloud TPU control plane. 2018-2021 Embedded control systems for free-space optical communication. ### Principal Software Engineer @ GE Digital Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Data services. Containerization with Kubernetes. ### Software Engineer / Dev Manager @ Google Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Storage at scale: user data serving systems, Cloud Datastore. ### Sr. Principal Architect @ Yahoo! Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Santa Clara, CA Led the overall architecture of Yahoo's display ad targeting systems. ### Director of Engineering @ EMC Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Led the west coast engineering team of the Cloud Infrastructure Group, working on Atmos. ### Chief Architect @ i365, A Seagate Company Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 As part of the CTO’s office, ensured the alignment of technology strategy with business strategy. Led the effort to incubate new ideas, enabling innovation that was driven from within. Worked with Business Development to find partners and technologies that would produce new revenue. Collaborated with strategic partners, to design technologies that would make the partnership flourish. ### Director of Software Development @ i365, A Seagate Company Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 Director of Software Development Managed a team of 40 people, consisting of developers, quality assurance analysts, and related staff, which was responsible for EVault’s core product line. Responsible for all aspects of software development for EVault’s entire InfoStage product line, which is deployed as both a service and as packaged software. EVault’s products are used by more than 20,000 customers ranging from SMB to enterprise, many in demanding environments such as banking and healthcare. ### Consultant @ i365, A Seagate Company Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 Established performance benchmarks and optimized core technology. Helped establish a plan for next generation architecture and vision. ### Consultant @ T4G Inc. Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 Helped Bell Canada launch their first commercial VoIP offering. Pulled together a multi-team effort to deliver critical components of the web infrastructure for the commercial launch of Bell Digital Voice™. ### Director, Product Development @ Ranger Online Inc. Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 As one of the early members of this startup company, assembled a team and created an industry-leading anti-piracy and intelligence case management system. ### Consultant @ YTV (Corus Entertainment) Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 Created YTV’s first portal offering for their very popular million+ hits/day website for children and teens. ### Consultant @ Bell Mobility Jan 1999 – Jan 1999 Helped Bell Mobility launch two web projects. ### Development Manager @ VytalNet Inc. Jan 1996 – Jan 1999 As part of an early-stage software company, delivered one of the first commercial online backup products. ### Software Developer @ Cott Jan 1994 – Jan 1996 Business applications development. ### Software Developer @ Vaxxine Jan 1992 – Jan 1994 Lab management system development using VAX Pascal, PowerBuilder, and Sybase SQL Server. ## Education ### Hon BSc in Computer Science Brock University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/timboldt - Website: http://coloncolonone.blogspot.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/timboldt JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/timboldt/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01