Summary
Richard Timpson is a software engineer with eight years of experience building reliable, production-grade systems across front-end, DevOps, and data-driven products. Currently at Salesforce, he brings practical expertise in React/TypeScript, CI/CD and infrastructure automation, having built pipelines with GitLab CI and Terraform and refactored projects to high test coverage. His background includes applied data science and embedded integration—training PV output models and wiring predictions into web apps and Raspberry Pi controllers—to deliver tangible product value. Richard also pursues deep learning research in expressive music generation, authoring a University of Utah thesis on an “AI pianist” that bridges ML research and creative applications. He’s equally comfortable optimizing server-side services in Java/C# and accelerating UX performance on large-scale healthcare web apps, reflecting a focus on first principles and measurable impact. Based in Louisville, Colorado, he combines strong academic fundamentals (BS Computer Science, 3.82) with a builder’s mindset for shipping end-to-end solutions.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
English