Tyson Gern

Founding partner at Initial Capacity

I'm a founding partner at Initial Capacity, a software consultancy of lead developers building applications at scale for startups and the world's largest companies. I also teach a course on the Foundations of Software Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Prior to Initial Capacity, I spent eight years with Pivotal Labs building software for customers ranging from early stage startups to industry leading enterprises. I worked with customers to ship production software, build engineering teams, and enhance developer capabilities. I helped to build the award-winning Platform Acceleration Lab and to start the Pivotal Labs Dublin office.

I have a PhD in Mathematics—in the field of algebraic combinatorics—from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Read my PhD thesis for more information about my mathematical interests.

Find my thoughts on building software products on InfoQ, GitHub, and LinkedIn.