Tim Young is currently the founder of Hidden Hand Capital and previously was the VP, Engineering at VMware.

He was the Founder & CEO of Socialcast (acquired by VMware, May 2011) and also a Co-Founder of about.me (acquired by AOL, Dec 2010).

He is interested in attention economics, flock theory, and collective intelligence. Previously he has taught at UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business.

Tim currently splits time between Los Angeles and San Francisco with his young son.