Tim Trampedach

Tim Trampedach began their career in 2000 as an Engineer at Sycamore Networks, where they eventually became a Program Manager. In 2007, they took on an Intern role at Cisco Systems. In 2008, they worked as a Product Manager at RockYou!. In 2009, they took on a Lead Product Manager role at Zynga, where they were instrumental in growing the company to over 2000 employees and >80M DAU. In 2014, they Co Founded Fatberry, a hybrid Yelp/Kayak for on-demand services, and scaled it to 30k users. In 2015, they acted as a Product/Project/Engineering Consultant at Chariot, where they implemented the first real Agile development process and designed and deployed the first Chariot app for drivers. In 2016, they became Senior Director, LendUp Platform at LendUp, where they led the Platform business unit dedicated to providing infrastructure and systems to power the consumer credit card and personal loans businesses. In 2018, they took on the role of CEO at Torqued Distribution, the premier motorsports and racing wholesale distributor for new, unique and innovative brands. In 2019, they became Chair of the Chicago Booth Angel Network Silicon Valley, an angel investor network of University of Chicago Booth School of Business graduates in the Bay Area. Tim is currently Managing Director at Blacktop Ventures LLC.

Tim Trampedach received a B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University, followed by a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.