Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong

Founder / CEO

Flowcode

Tim Armstrong is the founder and CEO of Flowcode, the QR code platform transforming advertising and information by streamlining customer acquisition online and offline. He has witnessed the internet's evolution from its infancy and has been a key player in its growth and development. With Flowcode, Tim is leading a shift from the traditional B2C model to a C2B model, empowering consumers to interact directly with businesses and redefining marketing strategies for CMOs and brands across industries.

In 1995, Tim moved to Seattle to join Paul Allen’s first internet company, Starwave, which was acquired by Disney. Tim then moved to New York with Disney and worked at ABC/ESPN Internet Ventures. After Disney, he joined Florida Governor Rick Scott’s health-focused cable and internet company, America’s Health Network, which was later sold to News Corp. Tim went on to be a founding team member of Snowball, which went on to IPO on the Nasdaq. He left Snowball in 2000 to join Google as its first New York employee; and left Google after almost a decade serving as President of the Americas and as a member of Google’s global executive team, leading North American advertising sales and operations.

He joined AOL in 2009 as Chairman and CEO to spin the company out of Time Warner and launch AOL as a publicly traded company on the NYSE. After turning AOL around and outperforming the S&P 500 during his tenure as CEO, he sold the company to Verizon Communications. Armstrong joined Verizon as CEO of its digital media division, Oath. Throughout his influential career, Tim has been instrumental in the creation of platforms that put information at the fingertips of consumers.

Tim also serves on the boards of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ), Tech:NYC as co-founder, Connecticut College Athletic Club as co-founder, Waterside School and the US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation as trustee.

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