Summary
Tim Black is a seasoned full-stack web developer and small-business owner with roughly 14 years of professional software experience building LAMP, Python, and modern JavaScript/Node.js single-page applications. He specializes in web components frontends synced to NoSQL backends and has delivered production systems for options trading, e-commerce, and internal operations while also owning and maintaining long-running client sites and custom CMS/tools. Comfortable across languages (JavaScript, Python, PHP), databases (MySQL, CouchDB, SQLite), and tooling (Docker, Git, Gulp), he pairs hands-on engineering with ops and automation to ship reliable, maintainable products. A former ordained pastor with strong teaching and communication skills, Tim brings uncommon patience for understanding user needs and translating them into practical technical solutions. He particularly enjoys ambitious projects that materially improve businesses or people’s lives and has a track record of migrating legacy systems, optimizing performance, and mentoring teams through complex refactors.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.Div., Pastoral Ministry, M.Div., Pastoral Ministry at Westminster Theological Seminary
BA, Majors: Biblical Studies, Sociology, Minor: Philosophy, Honors Program: Leadership, Cum laude, BA, Majors: Biblical Studies, Sociology, Minor: Philosophy, Honors Program: Leadership, Cum laude at Covenant College
English, German, Greek, Hebrew