Tim Barksdale

Tim Barksdale is a seasoned software engineering and quality assurance professional with extensive experience in test engineering and management across various leading technology companies. Barksdale began the career at Honeywell as a Conformance Test Engineer before transitioning to Microsoft, where responsibilities included leading test efforts for multiple software products such as Bing Maps and MSN Yellowpages, demonstrating expertise in diverse testing methodologies. Following tenure at SquareTwo Financial, Barksdale contributed to HERE Technologies as both a Data Quality Engineer and R&D Test Engineering Manager II, ultimately architecting advanced testing processes and mentoring data scientists. Subsequent roles included leading test initiatives at DigitalGlobe and returning to HERE Technologies as Lead R&D Test Engineer. Barksdale holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics with an emphasis in Computer Science from Northern Arizona University.