Summary
Ted Lin is an independent technology advisor and senior technologist with 13 years of experience helping organizations make pragmatic build-vs-buy and platform decisions. He blends hands-on engineering and operations experience with product leadership—having led platform, moderation, and customer care efforts at TSX Entertainment and stabilized high-profile backend systems like the Mark Rober Glitterbomb project. Comfortable owning end-to-end responsibility, he has deep experience in observability, CI/CD, and operational tooling from roles spanning TechOps, QA, and program management. Ted’s background in cognitive science and photography informs a user-focused, systems-thinking approach to simplifying complex technical tradeoffs. He excels at reverse-engineering brittle systems into maintainable platforms and translating technical risk into clear decision frameworks for stakeholders. Based in Burbank, CA, he now advises teams on platform evaluation, reliability, and operational maturity.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Photography, Photography at ArtCenter College of Design
University of California, San Diego