Tim Morrow

Tim Morrow
Head of Channels, Betfair

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Tim Morrow is the lead Architect at Shopzilla, Inc., responsible for the design, implementation, and performance of the company’s portfolio of consumer-facing sites, which include 8 websites in 4 countries. As the Senior Architect at the company, Tim instills in his team of engineers his obsession with performance through his methodical approach to building software: define performance targets, architect, design, implement and measure, measure, measure.

Tim has over 10 years of experience leading teams to design and build websites and enterprise systems using Java and related technologies, focusing on performance, scalability and availability. Prior to joining the world of online shopping at Shopzilla, Tim developed software to support the provisioning of mobile devices and delivery of applications to mobile devices in the Wireless Business Division at Qualcomm. Tim also thrived in the entrepreneurial environment during years 2000-2004 of startup, Project.net . As a key contributor to the startup team, Tim designed and built hosted web applications for the fledgling company.

Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Tim obtained his BEng degree in Computer Science from Queens University in Belfast. He currently resides in Chula Vista, California with his wife and two kids. In his free time, Tim can often be found reading, snowboarding or training for his first triathlon.

Sessions

Keynotes, Web Performance Ballroom ABCD
Tim Morrow (Betfair)
Shopzilla is one of the largest and most comprehensive comparison shopping networks on the planet. Delivering content to millions of users, thousands of times per second – FAST – is not just good for business, it's a competitive advantage. This talk will provide updated metrics on the value of performance for Shopzilla and our techniques for achieving, measuring and defaulting to high performance. Read more.

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