Meet the team

  • School Success Manager

    Allison began her career as a middle school math teacher in Boston. She continued teaching in Portland, Maine, where she went on to become a school scheduler. In this role, Allison gained expertise building K-12 master schedules that reflect a school’s mission and priorities.

  • School Success Manager

    Catherine has 27 years experience in public education as a science teacher and administrator in Texas middle and high schools. Most recently she was Academic Dean in a combined middle/high college prep school for girls created through a public/private partnership. She loves the challenge of collaborating to create innovative master schedules to meet all student, school, and district needs.

  • Software Engineer - Data Integrations

    Chris combines a strong foundation in education with expertise in technology integration. After eight years teaching 8th grade science in an urban district, he transitioned to roles supporting teachers and administrators and driving innovation in the classroom. As one component of his most recent role as a Technology Integration Specialist in Trumbull, CT, he managed his district's student information system to optimize grading, attendance, and scheduling processes, leveraging technology to improve operational efficiency and student outcomes.

  • School Success Manager

    Dana has 15+ years of experience in education, teaching elementary school, working in school programs and operations, serving as a director of operations at middle and high schools, and as a district manager for Boston Public Schools overseeing the strategy and implementation of the district assessment tools and practices.

  • School Success Manager

    Dave has spent the past 15 years in education, starting as a 4th-grade teacher before moving on to develop and lead a youth sports after-school program. Over the last decade, he has been a founding member of a charter school in St. Louis, serving in various capacities, including classroom teacher, instructional coach, assistant principal, and principal. 

  • Partnership Manager

    Diane began her career as a high school teacher in Florida. She transitioned to teaching back home in New Jersey, where she went on to become the principal of a high school in Newark. She has spent the last few years consulting for districts and high schools around the country.

  • Co-Founder + CEO

    Paymon has spent nearly 20 years working in education. He started his career as a 6th grade teacher in New York City and served in a number of roles across the New York City Department of Education, Newark Public Schools, and the Camden City School District, where he was the superintendent from 2013 to 2018.

  • Lead Software Engineer

    Rakibul is a seasoned full-stack engineer with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and API development. He has contributed to complex systems at companies such as Spotify and Datadog, focusing on improving platform reliability and scaling services. At Timely, Rakibul leverages his expertise in backend architecture and seamless integrations to drive the development of innovative scheduling tools for schools.

  • School Success Manager

    Rodney began his career as a high school teacher in the Atlanta Public Schools district. He has served in various roles for the district, including principal and instructional technology director. Before retiring from public service, Rodney’s previous position was leading the master scheduling process for the entire district.

  • School Success Manager

    Rose has spent over a decade in education, beginning her career in Boston and then moving to Chicago to launch a tutoring program in Chicago Public Schools. For the last ten years, she's worked at a Chicago charter school, first as a math teacher and then transitioning into a dean of students role, where she oversaw student scheduling, promotion, and experience.

  • Head of Operations

    Sam has over a decade of experience in education, teaching high school math, serving as a director of operations for a turnaround middle school, and most recently working as a consultant in EY-Parthenon's education practice supporting strategic projects for state education agencies, districts, and non-profits, in addition to evaluating investments in K-12 education technology.

  • School Success Manager

    Sami spent the last 15 years in education in Chicago, first teaching math and science before transitioning into an instructional coach role.  Prior to joining Timely she managed scheduling for her school, ensuring all students got the challenge and support they needed to graduate and live choice filled lives.

  • Software Engineer - Data Integration

    Taran has spent his career at the intersection of research, technology, and strategy in K-12 education. His roles have spanned consulting, venture capital and technology development. He was most recently a data scientist at Equal Opportunity Ventures and prior to that was a consultant at Education Resource Strategies.

  • Software Engineer - Data Integration

    Developing seamless data integrations has been the focal point of Tim’s career - he loves collaborating to solve client challenges. Before coming to Timely, Tim worked on data integrations and operations at Panorama Education, supporting delivery for thousands of schools across the country.

  • Software Engineer - Core Algorithms

    Will began his career teaching math, but soon returned to his roots in software. He has built innovative products in domains ranging from radar to healthcare. At Google, he was on the founding teams of several projects, including Android for Education.

  • Co-Founder + Chief Technology Officer

    Faisal has a passion for technology and education. He’s a former teacher in Boston Public Schools and a startup veteran leading engineering teams and launching products serving millions of users. Most recently, he was Head of Engineering at Teachers Pay Teachers.

  • Software Engineer - Core Algorithms

    Jacob has focused his career on AI and optimization, developing cutting-edge algorithms that transform complex challenges into elegant solutions. He loves helping customers find outstanding outcomes through powerful technologies. Before Timely, Jacob worked for a hedge fund, creating sophisticated portfolio optimization tools.

  • School Success Manager

    Jake has spent over two decades in education, teaching high school math in New Mexico and Chicago, working as a professor at a graduate school of education, and serving as a data analyst for a large charter network. Prior to joining Timely he also worked to build schedules for middle and high schools throughout the midwest as a private consultant.

  • School Success Manager

    Kate began her career in education as a high school social worker before becoming an assistant principal of post secondary. Kate is known for her "student-first" mindset and approaches every scheduling challenge with the goal of ensuring that each student’s unique needs and goals are met.

  • Co-Founder

    Eleanor has spent over 20 years working in and with school districts. After working in the New York City Department of Education and several years with Parthenon’s education practice, Eleanor went on to become the Chief Financial Officer of Boston Public Schools.

  • School Success Manager

    Elle has over 15 years of experience in education, beginning as a reading teacher to students ranging from fourth to tenth grade. She's served in most roles that exist in schools, and values the strong sense of community within education. Most recently, Elle led the teaching and learning teams at KIPP Chicago, where she oversaw the scheduling process across eight school sites. Elle is dedicated to helping schools leverage their most valuable resources—time and people—through effective schedules that allow students to achieve their goals.

  • Software Engineer - Data Integrations

    Evan brings expertise in engineering and education. He is a former NYC high school teacher, where he helped build his school's computer science department and taught AP Computer Science for 5 years. Most recently, he was a technical support engineer at Pinecone, helping businesses integrate artificial intelligence into their products.

  • School Success Manager

    Majken began her career in education programming with museums before becoming the director of operations of a middle school where she was responsible for the school’s master schedule, amongst many other responsibilities.

  • Software Engineer - Core Algorithms

    Matthew blends a mathematical background with engineering experience. In collaboration with The College Board, Matthew helped create SAT Practice mathematics questions for the Khan Academy. While earning a master’s degree at the University of Virginia, Matthew taught calculus and wrote SageMath code for mathematics researchers. After school Matthew began working as a full-stack developer for a local company called HubCityMedia, and now years later is happy to be a part of the optimizer team at Timely!

  • Head of Product

    Orion brings over 20 years experience developing educational products at the intersection of operations and impact. Prior to his role at Timely, Orion grew Ellevation Education as the product and instructional leader. He loves hard problems and collaborative users: a perfect match for Timely!

  • Product

    Eddie began his career as a 7th grade science teacher before becoming a director of operations of a middle school. He went on to join Education Resources Strategy as a consultant supporting schools with their scheduling and budget strategy before joining the Timely team.

  • School Success Manager

    Laura has over a decade of experience working in education, starting her career as an elementary school teacher and later transitioning into school operations. She also spent time managing operations and data at an education nonprofit and an education technology company prior to joining the Timely team.

  • Sr. School Success Manager

    Kristin began her career as a high school teacher in the School District of Philadelphia. She later led their Office of School Organization, overseeing scheduling and academic planning for all district schools. Today, Kristin assists schools nationwide in adopting innovative scheduling tools designed to meet their needs.

Talk to our team

Learn more by connecting with a scheduling specialist on our team