Summary
Tim Shannon is a founder and software engineer with 13–14 years of experience designing, scaling, and maintaining production systems for government and revenue agencies and for his own startup, Townsourced. He built Townsourced.com from prototype to a secure, highly scalable product with CI, automated testing, analytics, and server monitoring, and continues to take on contract work through solutions.townsourced.com. Tim brings deep practical expertise in databases, server administration, backup and indexing strategies, and building monitoring/alerting tooling from his years as a Senior Technical Lead and Database Management Developer. Passionate about open source and finding simple solutions to complex problems, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with hands-on operational discipline. Based in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, he consistently focuses on reliable, auditable systems that serve small communities as well as large agencies.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at University of Jamestown