Timothy Pfafman
Independent Computer Software Professional at Pfafman Consulting
Crested Butte, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTimothy Pfafman is an independent software architect with 12 years of commercial experience and a research background that includes a PhD in Physics from UC Berkeley, bringing deep systems thinking to product development. He has led end-to-end engineering for startups and consultancies—designing cloud backends, embedded firmware, mobile apps, and IoT sensor integrations—from GPS and tracking platforms to BLE-enabled occupancy sensing and education tools. Comfortable shipping across the stack, he has built Meteor/MongoDB cloud services on AWS and Google App Engine, plus embedded Nordic ARM firmware and iOS clients. His work blends practical product delivery with scientific rigor, evidenced by early realtime satellite-data web systems and MEMS sensor research for NASA missions. Based in Crested Butte, Colorado, he now focuses on stimulating projects that combine embedded systems, cloud architectures, and real-world data collection.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's Degree Physics Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Physics Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (91)
zero-configuration10
realtime10
energy10
microfrontend10
javascript10
bun10
inferno10
reactive-programming10
build-system10
rpc10
nodejs10
meteor10
mongodb10
npm10
app-platform10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pfafman/meteor-filesaver
Sep 2014 - Aug 2021
Contributions:26 commits, 1 PR, 23 pushes in 7 years
filesavermeteor
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