Summary
Ty Norton is a seasoned software leader and founder with 12 years of professional experience building and architecting commercial software. He has held senior engineering roles at Microsoft and Payscale, scaled teams as VP of Software Development at Demand Driven Technologies, and now leads product and engineering efforts through his own company, Backyard Software Designs. Comfortable both as an architect and hands-on developer, Ty blends system design with pragmatic delivery to produce reliable, production-grade software. Based in Carnation, Washington, he pairs formal computer science training from The Evergreen State College with a history of driving end-to-end solutions across startups and established firms. Known for translating complex requirements into workable architectures, he brings entrepreneurial focus and a bias toward shipping.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Computer Science, Bachelors, Computer Science at The Evergreen State College
English