# Tim Shelburne > CTO / Staff Software Engineer / Architect Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/timshelburne I like to do everything. I'm a musician, a climber, a traveler, a rower, a problem-solver, a developer, a student, a teacher, a gamer, a thinker, a tinkerer, a dancer, an opera singer, and an animal person. I've built my own bass guitar from wood on my grandfather's farm, I've lived in three different countries, I've rowed a marathon, I've translated directly from Chinese into Russian in an airport under pressure, and I've rolled my own cigars. I've toured as a musician from El Paso to Boston, and as a warrior from Ironforge to Zangarmarsh. I believe that all good things come from hard work, but that passion is all you need to yield extraordinary results. I work in software because it is one of the few fields left where having skill and a great idea can take you as far as you're willing to work. Universal and organic, it exists as a pure opportunity for those willing to chase it, and any good solution to a common problem can become the next biggest thing. It doesn't require a lot of capital or an existing audience to be truly influential; determination and a unique idea can change the world. Who was it who said, "Blessed is the man who has found his work"? Whoever it was he had the right idea in his mind. Mark you, he says his work--not somebody else's work. The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. - Mark Twain ## Work Experience ### Staff Engineer / CPO / Acting CTO @ Ordaos Bio Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States Directed product and engineering teams building AI-driven biotech tools for drug discovery. • Hands-on IC throughout, responsible for system architecture, daily Typescript coding • Defined and delivered roadmap for predictive biotech platform adopted by biologists and scientists. • Oversaw architecture of distributed systems for protein prediction, integrating machine learning workflows with scalable cloud infrastructure. • Implemented CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Azure Pipelines) to accelerate iteration and ensure reliability. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Pfizer Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States Contracted on short-term theming / design system project alongside early Ordaos development. • Architected and led implementation of a Sketch-integrated global design system and scalable theming engine. • Standardized tooling, accessibility, and workflows across 600+ sub-brands. ### Senior Software Engineer @ United Airlines Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States Contracted on short-term design system unification project. • Developed and directed design system integration across internal and external web applications. • Ensured consistent branding and WCAG-compliant accessibility for millions of customers worldwide. ### Harvard Assistant Instructor @ Harvard Extension School Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 Co-wrote curriculum and co-taught design systems and modular components while building a foundation of HTML, CSS, and JS. The course emphasized user interface design, front end architecture, collaborative workflows with Git, and modern best practices working in a frontend team. ### Staff Engineer / Co-Founder & CTO @ ASSESS+RE Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | New York, NY Directed engineering in developing financial modeling tools for commercial real estate. • Hands-on IC throughout, responsible for system architecture, daily Typescript and Python coding • Designed and delivered financial modeling platform for underwriting commercial real estate. • Built distributed user-facing applications, reducing analyst modeling time and errors exponentially. • Managed small team of high-performance engineers. • Raised funding and supported M&A evaluation through technical due diligence. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Rooster Teeth Productions, a Warner Bros. Discovery Company Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Austin, Texas, United States • Built v2 of the company's social platform and media environment from the ground up, focusing on scalability, content management, and reliability. • Optimized performance to serve ~2M users and 5-10k concurrent users daily. ### Senior Engineer @ Music One Live Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 • Developed of custom e-commerce / ticketing / fan club platform use by major music clients (Willie Nelson, The Who, etc) • Built scalable framework supporting digital downloads, membership, and event sales • Developed software/hardware integrations to connect online ticket sales with venue barcode scanners, ensuring seamless same-day entry for live events, processing thousands of transactions per night reliably. ### Software Engineer @ Ignite, 360 Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 - Built and customized Flash applications (video players, galleries, landing pages, forms, navigation, social features) with supporting PHP, XML, and external libraries. - Contributed to design, multimedia, animation, and early backend framework development for template-based client websites. ### Senior Software Engineer @ Proace Technology Services Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 ## Education ### Bachelor's in Math, Music, Russian The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/timshelburne --- Source: https://flows.cv/timshelburne JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/timshelburne/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23