Tim Westergren ‘88 is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a recordproducer with 20 years of experience in the music industry. In January 2000, Tim founded Pandora Internet Radio and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer.

Tim received his B.A. from Stanford University, where he studied computer acoustics and recording technology. In addition to guiding Pandora’s overall
strategy and vision, Tim now spends most of his time as Pandora’s chief evangelist - traveling the country to meet with listeners to collect feedback, research local music, and spread the word of the Music Genome Project.

In 2010, he was listed by Time Magazine as one among the 100 most influential people in the world. (Until 5:00 p.m.)