Tim Rappold
Founder at Millipede
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolTim Rappold is a founder and data science leader with 10+ years turning lab, sensor, and research data into production decision-support systems, particularly in battery technology and process optimization. He has led and grown high-performing teams across Bay Area and SoCal startups, shipping scalable analytics, digital twin platforms, and computer vision grading systems that replaced subjective manual processes. A Certified Scrum Master, Tim bridges research and production by architecting reliable data platforms and ML pipelines for time-series forecasting, signal deconvolution, and probabilistic modeling. His background spans PhD-level energy and chemical engineering research to hands-on deployment work at companies like Sila and Apeel, giving him rare fluency in both physical science and software engineering. Based in Oakland, he combines startup grit with a track record of turning complex experimental data into actionable, production-ready products.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Physics Mathematics (Minor), Bachelor of Arts - BA Physics Mathematics (Minor) at Vassar CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Columbia Engineering
English, German, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
timrappold/WeeBro
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:21 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
timrappold/FOXNEWSvsMSNBC
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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