Tim White

Experience

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  Cyface Design

  Principal

  Feb 2025 - Present

  Specializes in fractional CTO consulting, focusing on digital publishing, content management, and startup technical advice.

  • Expanded the marketplace to over a thousand members within the talent community across various disciplines such as product, design, sales, marketing, legal, HR, and finance.
  • Instrumental in facilitating a fractional marketplace for companies and C-suite leadership seeking consulting opportunities, helping seed to series C startups and larger, well-established companies across various industries.
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  The Motley Fool

  Head of Technology for Motley Fool Money Division

  Oct 2022 - Feb 2025

  The Motley Fool provides free and premium investment guidance to millions worldwide, aiming to make the world smarter, happier, and richer through financial advice.

  • Led the development of GenAI-powered tools for compliance, vastly reducing manual oversight needs.
  • Boosted tech project delivery rate by 50%, enhancing operational effectiveness.
  • Contributed to ~50% of Motley Fool's total free cash flow via strategic technology initiatives.
  • Executed the rebrand of The Ascent to Motley Fool Money, including core URL transitions, within 2.5 weeks.
  • Achieved significant revenue growth through strategic tech initiatives: 70% YoY increase from 2022 to 2023 and 30% YoY growth from 2023 to 2024.
  • Invented an edge-based conversion attribution framework, improving attribution time from 3-4 days to 3-4 hours and increasing fidelity by 20%.
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  The Motley Fool

  Head of Technology for Motley Fool New Ventures Division

  Mar 2019 - Oct 2022

  • Designed and deployed The Ascent product within 5 weeks, directing the tech team that expanded it from zero revenue to $50M+ monthly within 4 years.
  • Engineered and delivered the Millionacres product in 4 weeks, leading the tech team to scale it from inception to millions in revenue in less than a year.
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  The Motley Fool

  Head of Technology for The Ascent Division

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Designed, coded, and deployed The Ascent product within 5 weeks, directing the tech team that expanded it from zero revenue to $50M+ monthly within 4 years.
  • Engineered and delivered the Millionacres product in 4 weeks, spearheading the tech team that scaled it from inception to millions in revenue in less than a year.
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  CenturyLink

  Senior eCommerce Engineering Lead and Technical Product Manager

  Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

  CenturyLink is a telecommunications company providing broadband, voice, and wireless services to consumers and businesses.

  • Increased eCommerce channel revenue from 5% to 12% year-over-year through strategic enhancements in 2010, significantly boosting online sales.
  • Led the integration of CenturyLink web properties into the eCommerce platform as part of the 2011 merger, enhancing the company’s digital presence and customer reach.
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  CenturyLink

  Technical Product Owner for Adobe Experience Manager Platform

  Jan 2015 - Sep 2017

  • Led the implementation of high-visibility, external-facing websites on the Adobe Experience Manager platform, ensuring successful project execution.
  • Co-facilitated agile ceremonies, including sprint planning and daily standups, in collaboration with the product owner and development team, enhancing team efficiency.
  • Authored technical user stories and refined business user stories for the AEM platform, aligning solution directions with project goals.
  • Designed the complete implementation architecture for AEM according to Adobe best practices and business requirements, resulting in seamless integration and functionality.
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  CenturyLink

  Senior Systems Engineer and Technical Product Owner

  Nov 2008 - Dec 2014

  • Led the design and documentation of web ordering systems for consumer and small business products, improving customer experience and streamlining business operations.
  • Partnered with Marketing and Engineering VPs to define priorities, develop annual roadmaps, and manage workstreams, facilitating hundreds of projects that drove significant business impact.
  • Drove revenue-boosting projects worth millions by building and refining prototypes, ensuring their success through strategic collaboration and technical expertise.
  • Produced hundreds of UML diagrams and thousands of requirements within the enterprise requirements management system, conducting detailed walkthroughs with global development teams.
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  CenturyLink

  Large Business Maps Technical Product Manager

  Feb 2008 - Oct 2008

  • Drove requirements with the Large Business team to redefine and convert the existing customer dynamic map implementation to Google Maps, enhancing real-time data visibility and interaction.
  • Architected and coded the full initial iteration of a ground-up prototype using Google Web Toolkit and Google Maps, aggregating customer products and enabling drill-down into detailed inventory specifications.
  • Spearheaded the transition of project implementation to offshore resources, ensuring seamless knowledge transfer and project continuity.
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  CenturyLink

  eCommerce Content Management Team Lead and Engineering Product Manager

  Jan 2004 - Feb 2008

  • Led and innovated within the eCommerce Content Management Team by developing a Dynamic Content Management Product, significantly improving the frequency of content updates from quarterly to daily.
  • Architected and implemented an end-to-end solution, integrating off-the-shelf software and custom development, resulting in over $1 million in saved legal expenses and a revenue increase of 20%.
  • Achieved a 100%+ improvement in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) time by driving system adoption and enhancements across the eBusiness and IT development teams.
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  CenturyLink (Formerly Qwest Communications)

  eCommerce Shopping Experience Engineering Team Lead

  Jan 2000 - Dec 2004

  • Led the design and development of the Product Catalog Renderer (PCATR) system, enhancing the web presence for Qwest.com's consumer and small business segments.
  • Architected the technical stack, incorporating content management and Struts framework, and integrated connections to the product catalog system, facilitating dynamic web experiences.
  • Managed a team of employees and contractors, successfully developing a web presence from scratch within an ambitious four-month timeline.
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  Colorado Satellite Services

  Principal Architect

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2013

  Colorado Satellite Services specializes in consulting, system design, satellite-Internet gateways, education, software design, development, and test, telemetry systems, and security setup for control links.

  • Led the creation of software and mechanical architecture for the US Air Force Academy-funded satellite simulator, ControlSat, enabling real-time over-the-air experimentation with gyro-controlled satellite motion.
  • Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers to deliver the project on time, sparking innovation among USAFA faculty and cadets.
  • Developed Python-based software allowing researchers to process sensor data on laptops and turn it into physical motion of the ControlSat, facilitating hands-on experimentation.
  • Secured a patent for the architectural design and software development of the satellite simulator, marking a significant contribution to educational tools in aerospace engineering.
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  CenturyLink

  Business Intelligence Forecasting Engineering Team Lead

  Jun 1997 - Dec 2000

  • Led a team that dramatically reduced the timeframe for producing "monthly" forecasting and actuals reports from over 30 days of manual effort to just 1 day through automated processing.
  • Collaborated with UNIX Administrators and Oracle DBAs to completely rebuild the Oracle Datamart, achieving a 1000x increase in performance.
  • Developed an automation system utilizing UNIX Shell and extensive SQL queries to create a robust, fail-resistant product, enhancing product reliability and efficiency.
  • Engaged daily with business clients to refine and enhance the product, driving its direction, and promoting company-wide adoption.
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  CenturyLink

  Business Intelligence Operations Reporting Team Lead

  Oct 1995 - Jun 1997

  CenturyLink is a telecommunications company providing broadband, voice and wireless services to consumers and businesses.

  • Led team to successfully implement the Business Objects reporting tool for operational reporting, overseeing the entire lifecycle from procurement to post-production maintenance.
  • Administered server setup, designed Reporting Universe architecture, and conducted comprehensive user training for Business Objects.
  • Produced and acted in professionally-produced tutorial videos, collaborating with technical writers to create user guides and job aids for Business Objects usage.
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  CenturyLink

  Ticketing Consolidation Technical Product Manager

  Feb 1993 - Oct 1995

  • Led the architecture definition and business needs refinement for a new ticketing system, PCRM, consolidating multiple operational reporting systems.
  • Co-led the Vantive software selection process, conducting site visits and user interviews to define business requirements.
  • Performed Oracle database administration, Vantive development, and training, alongside multimedia evangelism for PCRM.
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  CenturyLink

  Software Engineer

  Jun 1991 - Feb 1993

  • Led the systems engineering team for CenturyLink's e-commerce platform, managing $40 million worth of projects and ensuring successful delivery.
  • Oversaw a team of 200 engineers (100 offshore and 100 onshore) to design and implement comprehensive e-commerce solutions, involving a wide range of technologies and platforms.