Summary
Tim Messerschmidt is a seasoned developer relations leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling developer ecosystems across EMEA from his base in Berlin. As Head of Developer Ecosystems EMEA at Google, he combines programmatic strategy, team leadership, and hands-on community building to drive initiatives like Google for Startups Accelerator and Women Developer Academy. His background spans developer advocacy roles at PayPal/Braintree and Samsung, giving him deep expertise in payments, identity, and security APIs alongside mobile engineering roots. Known for mentoring startups and running developer programs end-to-end, he blends strategic partnerships with product-facing technical evangelism to grow inclusive, impact-driven tech communities. A practical technologist who once founded a small mobile shop and organized local meetups, he brings both grassroots credibility and large-scale program delivery to developer engagement.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Information Systems, Bachelor of Science Information Systems at Paderborn University
German, English, Dutch, French