Tim Kientzle

Tim Kientzle

Computer Software Consultant and Professional

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Senior Software Engineer at Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
  • Committer at The FreeBSD Project
Past
  • Director of Client Engineering at Zinio
  • Editor-In-Chief at MobilizedSoftware.com
  • Software Developer and Consultant (Self-employed)
  • Executive Editor at Dr. Dobb's Journal
  • Senior Software Engineer at Notable
  • Instructor at Talent Identification Program
Education
  • UC Berkeley
  • North Carolina State University
  • Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
Connections
110 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Tim Kientzle’s Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Metaweb Technologies, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    March 2006Present (2 years 5 months)

    Coordinate between operations, development, and product management; oversee release engineering and deployment; develop tools for internal use; manage source control and software life cycle.

  • Committer

    The FreeBSD Project

    (Computer Software industry)

    2003Present (5 years)

    Ongoing work in userland utilities, including new libarchive and bsdtar implementations.

  • Director of Client Engineering

    Zinio

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    June 2004February 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    Supervised in-house, consulting, and offshore developers; architected new products; managed development schedules and resources; responsible for source control and release engineering; developed key technologies, including security, networking, and display. Under my management, Zinio's client development accelerated from one release every six months to one release every two months on average. Improvements that I introduced to source control, QA, and release engineering processes made releases more predictable.

  • Editor-In-Chief

    MobilizedSoftware.com

    (Computer Software industry)

    20032004 (1 year)

  • Software Developer and Consultant

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    19992004 (5 years)

  • Executive Editor

    Dr. Dobb's Journal

    (Computer Software industry)

    19951999 (4 years)

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Notable

    (Computer Software industry)

    19921994 (2 years)

  • Instructor

    Talent Identification Program

    (Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    19851986 (1 year)

    Resident Advisor, Taught Mathematics and Computer Science


Tim Kientzle’s Education

  • UC Berkeley

    PhD, Mathematics, August 1987May 1992

  • North Carolina State University

    BS, Mathematics, August 1983May 1987

  • Budapest Semesters in Mathematics

    19851985


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