Valon
Tim R. has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Tim is currently working as a Senior Product Manager at Valon, an A16z-funded fintech startup focused on improving the mortgage origination and servicing process. In this role, Tim leads the lending recapture team, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop products that facilitate homeowners in obtaining mortgages.
Prior to Valon, Tim served as a Product Manager at Schrödinger, where they managed a team of software engineers, data scientists, and chemists. Tim was responsible for developing ML and deep-learning products for drug and materials discovery. Additionally, Tim played a pivotal role in project management for custom scientific development contracts, generating over $1 million in revenue.
Before their role at Schrödinger, Tim founded and served as the CEO of Omniref.com, a website for documenting and annotating software source code. Under their leadership, the site experienced significant growth, attracting hundreds of thousands of monthly unique visitors. Tim also participated in the YCombinator Winter 2015 batch and secured external funding for Omniref.
As a Co-founder and CTO of Vayable.com, an online marketplace for unique tours and experiences, Tim successfully completed the YCombinator Summer 2012 program and secured substantial investment from prominent angel and venture investors.
Tim began their career as a Senior Engineer at Yelp.com, where they played a pivotal role in the development and maintenance of the search and data-mining team. Notably, they created Yelp's first A/B testing framework and contributed to the real-time gathering and analysis of site metrics.
Tim'searlier experience includes working as a Senior Engineer for Justin.tv, now known as Twitch. Tim was instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining user-facing and back-end features. Tim also led the development of a pro account feature that became a significant source of annual revenue.
Overall, Tim R. brings a wealth of experience in product management, entrepreneurship, and software engineering to their current role at Valon. Tim'sdiverse background and valuable contributions across various industries demonstrate their ability to drive innovation and deliver results.
Tim R. has a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Computer Science from the University of Denver. Tim also holds a PhD in Biochemistry with a specialization in Computational Biology from the University of Washington.