Tim Thimmaiah is a founder and product executive with 13 years of experience building software-driven consumer products and startups from early engineering to acquisition. As CEO of Type Five he applies a software-first approach to designing homes, and previously scaled ToneDen into a marketing automation platform acquired by Eventbrite. He led product strategy and launched Eventbrite Boost and Eventbrite Ads, blending creator-economy insights with ad tech and marketplace distribution. Earlier work spans bioengineering tooling and open research—building cloud CAD/CAM apps for genetic design and RNA design tools—revealing a knack for applying developer workflows to nontraditional industries. Based in Oakland, he advises early-stage consumer founders and consistently emphasizes automation and systems that let teams move faster. Colleagues describe him as a builder who translates technical depth into product-level leverage across design, growth, and operations.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Bioengineering, B.S. Bioengineering at University of California, Berkeley
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