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About the JIRA time tracking solution Tempo

1987
Tölvumyndir (Iceland)
Tempo’s team organizes as TM Software, and with international presence, begins using Atlassian Tools and agile software development.
2005
2006
JIRA – Confluence
Tempo Plugin undergoes early development.
2006
2007
Atlassian Partners
Tempo Plugin 1.0 released for internal use only
Tempo Plugin become Microsoft Dynamic integrated.
Tempo Plugin 1.6 Released
Tempo Plugin Integrated with SAP for TM Software.
We started working on Tempo Plugin for the Atlassian plug-in market
2008
2009
Bronze Sponsor Atlassian Summit
Releases:
Tempo Plugin 2.0
Tempo Plugin (2.1 – 2.8)
Tempo Plugin 4.0 released for JIRA 4.0
Plugins 2.0 compatible
Silver Sponsor Atlassian Summit
Releases:
Tempo Plugin 5.0
Greenhopper integration
8 new features – Billing and Timesheet workflow.
Tempo Plugin 5.1 – 5.2
2010
2010
Releases:
Tempo Plugin 5.3
Tempo Plugin for JIRA Studio
Tempo Plugin 5.4
Releases:
Tempo 6.0 – 6.4
Tempo for Atlassian OnDemand
Events:
Atlassian Summit 2011
2011
2012
Releases:
Tempo 7
Events (Upcoming):
Atlassian Unite Paris
AtlasCamp Europe
Atlassian Summit San Francisco

Meet the Tempo Heros

Pétur Ágústsson

Pétur is responsible for product & marketing management, and partner relationships, along with various other product maintenance and promotion tasks. Outside of work, Pétur is most likely to be running, biking doing crossfit, or drinking a good cup of coffee.

Bjarni Þorbjörnsson

Bjarni is the team Scrum Master and master of agile best practices. Bjarni has been involved with the Tempo Plugin team since its start few years back, and is a tremendously experienced developer. He has been responsible for the integration of API elements with our key architecture. Bjarni has over 15 years of experience in Java and web application development. Outside of work, you’ll find Bjarni climbing mountains or hiking in the wilderness.

Sverrir Tynes

Sverrir is responsible for scaling our technical support function to support our company’s growth and mission in the coming years. . Sverrir’s passion, drive, and dedication for customers has been an inspiration for the whole team. Sverrir collects external hard-disks in his spare time for his rare collection of video footage, a hobby that has become a great treasure over the years. Sverrir is also “Iceland’s no. 1 Frank Zappa fan.”

Viðar Svansson

Viðar is the Technical Product Manager for Tempo driving innovation and customer stories into each new release. Viðar is an Oxford graduate, a true “wizkid,” a great team player, and a great talent on all levels. In his spare time, Viðar enjoys rock climbing and driving his Audi to Northern Iceland for snowboarding.

Kristín Hreinsdóttir

Kristín has been dedicated to the Tempo Plugin team for three years, and has over 12 years of experience in software development. Kristin is the team’s fitness coach and organizes boot-camp training once a week to get the team sweating bullets..

Jón Egill Gíslason

Jón Egill is our UI wizard, responsible for making Tempo Plugin look good and conform to the latest CSS standards and usability . Jón Egill has been crucial in polishing Tempo Plugin to its current splendor. You’ll find Jón Egill traveling around golf courses in Iceland when he’s not at the office.

Hannes Agnarsson Johnson

Hannes is responsible for inbound marketing for Tempo. Hannes likes creating stuff: photos, music, websites, videos… At Tempo he focuses on Internet marketing, website development, conversion optimization, SEO, social media, PPC, etc.

Benedikt Bjarni Bogason

Benedikt works on custom and lab features for Tempo that will show up after some internal dogfooding. Benedikt has a strong mathematical background and brings the new skills to the team. After office hours (and sometimes during) Benedikt likes drinking reasonable amounts of beer. He has also been known to partake in extreme sports such as knitting, lazing around in the hot “pots” of Reykjavik’s swimming pools, and watching James Bond marathons.

The following members are part of our side kicks

Magnús Einarsson – Web Development
Orri Guðjónsson – Graphic Design