Mount Rainier at dusk

About Tahoma Tech

Based in Issaquah, WA

Zoom Up Partner · Pavilion Seattle member

Nick Knutzen, founder of Tahoma Tech

Nick Knutzen / Founder

01 / HOW THIS STARTED

It started with AI joining the meeting.

During my time at AWS, I was on the ISV team for Zoom Communications. I built the business case for a developer platform that let AI take part in meetings.

I saw a huge opportunity. It also sparked something more personal: a passion for solving the pain everyone feels after a meeting. The follow-up. Whether it’s a sales call, CRM hygiene, or project management, the conversation ends and the work of remembering begins.

So I built my business around that opportunity: fusing AI with conversations. Along the way, I found that sales conversations matter most. They’re where the revenue is decided, and where the follow-up costs the most when it slips.

That’s what Tahoma Tech does today. Consolidate the stack that records those conversations, then make every one of them create its own follow-up.

IN NICK’S WORDS

“I decided to build my business around this opportunity, fusing AI with conversations.”

02 / BACKGROUND

Background

01

Boeing

I started in IT and data analytics inside one of the world’s largest engineering organizations, acting as a technology advisor to lines of business. I learned what it takes to make a complex solution actually work at scale.

02

AWS

On the ISV team for Zoom, I learned the partner side of the table: the business case, the co-sell motion, and the difference between a vendor who lands a contract and a partner who delivers an outcome.

03

IO Connect

Delivering AWS cloud-native professional services, I learned what it really takes to build a technology services business, and found I wanted to build my own.

04

Tahoma Tech

After 20+ years in technology, I focus on one thing: the conversations that drive revenue, and what should happen after them.