# Tom Whitnah

> Founding Principal Software Engineer at Brisk Teaching

Location: Half Moon Bay, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tomwhitnah

## Work Experience
### Founding Principal Software Engineer @ Brisk Teaching
Jan 2023 – Present | Los Altos, California, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Redwood City, California, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Redwood City, California, United States
Principal engineer, team lead and interim manager for multiple product teams building a learning platform deeply integrated into 400 US schools using Summit Learning model

### Principal Software Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2007 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Engineer and tech lead across multiple Facebook products.

### Senior Software Engineering Manager, Search Product @ Meta
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Menlo Park, CA
Manager of Facebook Search Product team.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Yahoo! Inc.
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007
Senior software engineer on Search Submit Pro advertiser application and backend.

### Software Engineer @ SurfWax Inc.
Jan 1998 – Jan 2003
Software engineer for web-based search/research/social-bookmarking software startup in Menlo Park since its inception in 1998.

### Residential Computer Coordinator @ Stanford University
Jan 2000 – Jan 2003

### Founder and owner @ Vision Net Consulting
Jan 1997 – Jan 2000


## Education
### Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science
Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tomwhitnah

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Last updated: 2026-04-12