Summary
Tim Lawrenz is an accomplished engineering executive with 14 years in leadership roles and a broader 20+ year software career, currently serving as SVP of Engineering at Give Lively in New York. He brings deep hands-on experience in Ruby on Rails, e‑commerce, mobile apps and front-end tooling (RSpec, jQuery) alongside a track record of rebuilding teams, introducing development best practices, and guiding product growth from CTO to VP-level roles. Tim has led engineering through successful exits and platform uptime at startups and scale-ups, pairing operational rigor with product-driven roadmaps. Known for turning chaotic codebases into maintainable, scalable systems, he blends technical depth with strategic leadership across both startup and enterprise contexts.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
graduation from high school, graduation from high school at Taunusschule Königstein
Technischen Universität Darmstadt
German, French, English