Tim Gifford

Tim Gifford has a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in various roles within the technology industry. Tim is currently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer at Lean TECHniques Inc., a position they have held since October 2016. Additionally, Tim has been actively involved with DevOpsDays Des Moines since January 2017, where they serve as the President and Sponsorship Chair.

Prior to their current roles, Tim worked as an Agile Coach at Gifford Consulting, LLC from February 2011 until October 2016. Tim also held the position of Partner at Sayso, a mobile advertising service, from October 2008 to April 2011.

Tim's earlier career involved roles such as Software Architect at SumTotal Systems in January 2011, Senior Software Architect at GeoLearning from February 2009 to January 2011, and Technology Leader at Two Rivers Marketing from November 2007 to February 2009. Tim also gained valuable experience as a Consultant at Wells Fargo from April 2007 to November 2007, and at ITAGroup from March 2005 to March 2007. Tim began their professional journey as a Consultant at Two Rivers Marketing in September 2004, where they worked until March 2005.

Throughout their career, Tim Gifford has consistently demonstrated their expertise and leadership in the technology sector, making significant contributions to the organizations they have served.

Tim Gifford obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Management of Information Systems from Iowa State University in 1999. In addition to their degree, they have also earned a certification in Product-led Certification from Mind the Product in December 2022 and an AWS Solution Architect - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in June 2018.