Tom Alterman
Head Of Product at Building something new
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Alterman is a seasoned product leader with 15+ years of experience building AI-enabled experiences that tackle meaningful, real-world problems. Based in San Francisco, he currently leads product at a stealth startup aimed at helping humans thrive as AI reshapes work, while also serving as General Partner at FWD Investments LLLP, backing climate and mission-driven early-stage ventures. His background spans education, healthcare, clinical trials, and construction, and he has led product efforts at StructionSite, PlanGrid/Autodesk, and Asana, delivering mobile-first, data-driven experiences that scale. In addition to product leadership, Tom has hands-on influence in design and front-end development, and contributed to the Columnizer jQuery Plugin through code cleanup and best-practice improvements. He also teaches and mentors through roles in General Assembly and has a track record of turning ambiguous problems into practical, auditable solutions. Tom holds an MEng in Computer Science from the University of Bristol, blending academic rigor with a pragmatic, impact-focused product mindset.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Computer Science, MEng, Computer Science at University of Bristol
French, Polish, Spanish
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
javascripts10
jquery10
software-quality10
plugin-development9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
adamwulf/Columnizer-jQuery-Plugin
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
The Columnizer jQuery Plugin will automatically layout your content in newspaper column format. You can specify either column width or a static number of columns. And, of course, it’s easy to use!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tom primarily focused on code cleanup and improving the quality of the JavaScript code in the jQuery plugin. They addressed whitespace issues, mixed tabs and spaces, and updated comparisons to use strict equality. These changes enhance readability and maintainability of the codebase. The user also added missing semicolons, demonstrating attention to detail and adherence to JavaScript best practices, and removed redundant variable declarations.
jqueryjavascriptlayoutwidthnewspaper
tomalterman/tomalterman.github.io
Jan 2015 - Nov 2024
Contributions:84 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years
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