Tim Best
Director Of Technology at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolTim Best is a Director of Technology based in New York with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and leading engineering teams across government and startup environments. He combines hands-on expertise in React and Ruby on Rails with strategic leadership at the CDC and prior product and team leadership roles at OneSignal and the U.S. Digital Service. As a founder and early-stage operator, he’s launched products and companies while maintaining a strong developer mindset—evident in practical open-source contributions like improving a secure, configurable emoji-picker UI. Tim’s background in computer science with a mathematics minor gives him a pragmatic, data-informed approach to architecture and team execution. Known for bridging product, security, and UX concerns, he thrives on turning complex requirements into maintainable, user-centered systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics at Clarkson University
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Github Skills (14)
javascript10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
emoji10
jquery9
css8
html8
formsets6
twitter-bootstrap6
django-crispy-forms6
filter6
forms6
python6
django6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jmadler/emoji-picker
Mar 2017 - Nov 2017
Add a slick emoji selector to input fields and textareas on your website.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 33 commits, 4 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Tim primarily worked on front-end aspects of the emoji-picker project. Their contributions focused on modifying the demo interface, specifically adjusting file paths and incorporating the emoji picker into input fields. They also removed dependencies and fixed styling issues, which improved the user interface. The user addressed a potential XSS vulnerability and added configuration options to customize the emoji picker.
emojiemoticonstwemojifieldsslick
GeneralSet/Set
Apr 2018 - Aug 2023
Core game logic for:
Contributions:35 PRs, 49 pushes, 8 branches in 5 years 4 months
gamegamedevgame-developmentgame-logiclogic
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