About

Hi, I'm Tim.

Operator, author, and consulting CTO. Twenty-five years in digital transformation. Based in Seattle.

I build, run, and advise digital businesses. Most of my time right now goes to writing RCS for Aqualis Publishing, running the X Enterprises studio, and a small number of fractional CTO engagements.

Before that, I led a Seattle-area digital agency for seventeen years with a deep client roster across SaaS, e-commerce, and local services. I've spoken at conferences on data design and digital transformation, sat on academic and arts boards, and spent a stretch as a Grammy Foundation voting member.

I'm at my best in the messy middle of a company — past the founding sprint, not yet at the operating-system stage. The fun part is pressure-testing the model.

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Experience

Selected work history.

Headline roles and milestones. Full timeline is on LinkedIn.

  1. Current

    Author & Studio Operator · Aqualis Publishing / X Enterprises

    Writing RCS, a book about the future of business messaging. Running the X Enterprises studio out of Seattle — a network of niche sites and a small consulting practice.

  2. 17 years

    Founder / CEO · Seattle-area digital agency

    Built and ran a digital agency with a deep client roster across SaaS, e-commerce, and local services. Recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies (2016).

  3. Pre-agency

    Technology & Innovation Leadership · Multiple roles

    Earlier career across technology leadership and digital transformation roles. LinkedIn has the full chronology.

Boards & Community

Outside the day job.

  • Voting Member

    Grammy Foundation

    2011 – 2016

    Four-and-a-half years voting on GRAMMY Awards as part of the Recording Academy.

  • Executive Board Member / Board Member

    Kirkland Performance Center

    2012 – 2015

    Marketing committee chair during a period of record revenue and bookings for the venue.

  • Academic Advisory Board

    Northwest University

    2010 – 2016

    Curriculum input on undergrad and graduate programs, focused on placement outcomes.

  • Teacher — Entrepreneurship

    International School of Entrepreneurial Leadership (ISOEL)

    2013

    Guest faculty for an entrepreneur-development intensive.

Recognition

A few of the awards.

  • 2016

    Inc. 5000 — America's Fastest-Growing Companies

    Inc.

  • 2012

    40 Under 40

    Puget Sound Business Journal

  • 2006

    Webby Award Official Honoree

    The Webby Awards

  • 2008

    National Congressional Leadership Award

    NRCC

    Ceremony attended by the President of the United States.

  • 2014

    Presenter

    DRIVE Conference (Data Reporting Information Visualization Exchange)

    Spoke on 'Designing Your Data and Information for Web 3.0'.

  • 2012

    Innovation Impacting Society

    University of Idaho

What people say

Recommendations.

Public excerpts from LinkedIn. Full set is on the LinkedIn profile.

“I had the incredible privilege of working alongside SEO guru, Tim Mushen on a couple projects in his Digital Agency. Tim is a results driven SEO go getter that works harder than the competition. Having run multiple companies as CEO and CTO, Tim understands what it takes to be successful from the start of any project to its success. Tim Mushen is THE guy you want on your team or managing your team, whether it be the sales, partnerships, software architects, budgets or profitability. Tim's 20+ years of experience in the industry really stood out in all of our conversations.”

— Austin Eley-Wade

“Tim was very responsive in handling a few of my web site concerns I had recently. He went above and beyond any expectation by considering my learning style and comfort level, then walked me through to a solution. I was especially grateful for Tim's follow through and making introductions that might be valuable to me in the future.”

— Kim Peterson

Want to work together?

Consulting, speaking, and a small number of long-form collaborations. Pick the entry point that fits.

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