Timothy Place is a Technical Lead Software Engineer for Audio & DSP at Garmin, where he leads development of next-generation automotive audio systems in collaboration with BMW.

Before Garmin, Tim spent 15 years at Cycling ‘74 and Ableton, shaping the development of Max through design, coding, and process. He founded Electrotap — makers of the Teabox sensor interface, Hipno visual plug-ins, and TapTools — and received UMKC’s Entrepreneur of the Year award for it while completing his doctorate in electronic music.

Tim also founded the open-source Jamoma project and has lectured, taught, and performed throughout the world.

Education

  • Doctorate, Electronic Music — University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • Master’s, Music Composition — University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • Studies — The Johns Hopkins University; SUNY Potsdam

Outside of Work

Technical climbing and mountaineering in remote places. Building furniture with hand tools. Whitewater kayaking. Riding thousands of miles on a bicycle. Sharing all of it with his partner Chanda and their four kids.