# Tim Stumbles

> Tim Stumbles is the co-founder and first CEO of Office Timeline, now Lucen Software. With an enterprise software background that includes Microsoft and Skype, he helped create PowerPoint-based timeline tools to make project presentations easier to build and understand.

- **Role:** Co-founder and first CEO of Office Timeline (now Lucen Software)
- **Organizations:** Office Timeline / Lucen Software, Microsoft, Skype
- **Known for:** Co-founded Office Timeline with Eddy Malik., Led Office Timeline as its first CEO., Helped build a bootstrapped software business that received a Gearbox Capital growth recapitalization in 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Before Office Timeline** — Worked in enterprise software, including enterprise selling, emerging technologies and go-to-market work at Microsoft and Skype.
- **2012** — Office Timeline founding year listed in the company’s current history; co-founded with Eddy Malik.
- **2015** — Discussed the Plus Edition and fourteen releases during the preceding year.
- **2016** — Discussed the Office Timeline integration with Wrike.
- **2022** — Announced task dependencies and critical path functionality in the Expert plan.
- **2023** — Was CEO at the announcement of Gearbox Capital’s growth recapitalization; both founders retained substantial ownership.
- **2026** — Office Timeline rebranded as Lucen Software; the current author biography identifies Stumbles as co-founder and first CEO.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Office Timeline with Eddy Malik.
- Led Office Timeline as its first CEO.
- Helped build a bootstrapped software business that received a Gearbox Capital growth recapitalization in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — The company he co-founded rebranded from Office Timeline to Lucen Software. Its current author biography calls him co-founder and first CEO; Omair Sarwar is identified as the current CEO.
- **2024-01** — His author archive lists Stakeholder analysis 101: a project manager’s guide, dated January 17, 2024.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lucensoftware.com/author/tim-stumbles
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timstu/

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