Summary
Tim Renken is a Chief Software Director and seasoned IT security professional with 11+ years of experience building resilient systems and leading incident response in 24/7 environments. He combines deep TCP/IP and DDoS mitigation expertise with hands-on development—authoring production tooling in Python, Bash, Rust, and Django while acting as a sole full-stack developer for client projects. At DigitalOcean he reduced abuse-related incidents through real-time dashboards, SIEM-driven threat hunting, and automation that streamlined SOC workflows. Tim moves fluently between systems administration, high-performance application work, and cross-functional leadership, mentoring teams within Agile sprints to deliver measurable operational improvements. Based in Fort Collins, he’s as comfortable tuning database queries and front-ends as he is extracting actionable intelligence from noisy security telemetry.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at American InterContinental University