Curriculum vitae
Founder and CEO, Application Architect, Software Developer, Product Manager, Business Development Executive, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Small Business Investor, and Collaborator.
Tim is a technology and engineering pioneer with a history of identifying promising emerging technologies and molding them into new solutions and business opportunities.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Tim held various executive positions at leading edge technology companies including IBM, HP/Compaq, Tandem Computer, Bunker Ramo and Four Phase Systems. Tim began his career as a research chemist with Sun Chemical.
Tim first caught the entrepreneurial spirit during his decade at Tandem, an early pioneer in computing. In 1994, Apple Computer, Dell Computer, Lockheed Martin, Air Products and Chemicals, Cummins Engine, Bausch and Lomb, and Ampex had one thing in common – they all ran their global manufacturing operations on Tandem’s Questicon ERP software.
Tim spun Questicon out of Tandem Computers and was the CEO from 1994 until 2000.
After Questicon, Tim worked at the IBM Watson and Almaden Research Laboratories. There, Tim led investments in a broad portfolio of emerging technologies. These included biotechnology, renewable energy, chemicals, power generation, energy storage, water treatment, healthcare, life science, information technology, transportation, software development and nanotechnology.
Also at IBM, Tim helped launch the IBM Healthcare and Life Science Industry, serving as IBM Global Manager of Channel Development, where he built a new sales and marketing organization that covered 17 regions across 3 geographies. As a Senior Partner in the IBM Business Consulting Services organization, Tim sold and delivered e- transformation services to global firms.
Outside of work, Tim spends time with his family, mentors entrepreneurs and their companies, plays golf and tennis, scuba dives, and sails. He is working on his Coast Guard Captain's license. Occasionally, he writes some computer code.
Skills
International Business Development • Business Alliances • Strategic Partnerships • Venture Capital • Investment Funds • Strategy and Operations • Emerging Markets • Software as a Service • Mergers / Acquisitions • Sales and Marketing • Financials and Investment • Mentoring
Investments
Biotechnology • Renewable Energy • Material Science • Power Generation • Energy Storage
• Water Treatment • Healthcare • Life Sciences • Information Technology • Logistics and Distribution • Software Development • Nanotechnology
Work Experience
Principal Consultant and Managing Partner
Bowden Capital Partners, LLC
Sep 2010 – Present
Founder, Managing Director
BlueVine Ventures LLC
Feb 2011 – Present (10 yrs 8 mos)
http://www.bluevineventures.com/
IBM - 3 Positions
Apr 2000 – Feb 2010 (9 yrs 11 mos)
Global Business Development Executive - Watson Research
Global Program Manager - Healthcare and Life Science Partner Channel
Most recently, I worked with 18 California agricultural companies, helping them with restructuring their finances, managing their limited partners and boards, establishing online sales, formalizing their supplier relationships and SOP’s, writing all relevant contracts, creating a data room for fundraising, and hiring a sales and marketing team. This resulted in higher valuations and successful capital raises such as $600k for a business expansion. I coached the businesses on optimizing legal business and corporate paperwork, advised on fines from state inspections, structured their finances for paying back taxes, and more. This resulted in all the businesses gaining financial viability, regulatory compliance, and licensing.
I also help technology companies get started, prepare to scale and/or fundraise, or scale. For example, in 2019, I earned $1.5M in revenue for the US division of an agricultural device company. From 2017-2018, I provided 29 South Korean smart and medical device companies with contract-based consulting and services on sales, marketing, fundraising, board formation and management, and human resources for US and international markets.
To cultivate Saudi Arabia’s commitment to transitioning out of a reliance on fossil fuel revenue, I presented on emerging entrepreneurship and venture capital to 4 universities and 3 government agencies. After five years of negotiating, writing, and winning approval for over 100 legal agreements, I launched the first foreign entity with a venture capital fund, bank account, and operations in Saudi Arabia. This paved the way for Western VC funds to be accepted in Saudi Arabia. While there, I also performed work such as reviewing the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals’ patent portfolio, resulting in commercialization of energy storage and other solutions.
Additionally, I’ve taught 3-day courses on preparing for capital investment to hundreds of students and entrepreneurs in the US and overseas.
BlueVine Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on creating businesses from break-through technologies emerging from leading research centers and transitioning those businesses to global economies that align with our investor’s objectives as well as BlueVine's social and environmental goals.
I met with IBM Researchers and leadership in NY and CA to identify, strategize, plan, and collaborate on intellectual property commercialization. This resulted in multiple patent licensing transactions, partnerships, mergers, and spinoffs. Details are under NDA.
To expand hardware and software sales into the Life Sciences market, I launched a new partner program from scratch. By year 2, I oversaw 17 offices across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. My day-to-day involved hiring and managing a team of 40 full-time employees that created a solutions ecosystem for life sciences customers. We helped the solution providers adapt their products and services for these markets by consulting on hardware, development, logistics, procurement, management, delivery, and more. I was also customer-facing, traveling throughout the globe to support sales and customer service. By year 3, the program had over 300 new external partners across the entire Life Sciences landscape including clinical trial management, big data analytics, diagnostics, HIPAA Compliance, medical imaging, and more.
Senior Partner - Business Consulting Services (BCS)
I led a team of up to 100 engineers and project managers plus six vendors on transitioning a Fortune 150 company from local legacy systems to the cloud. This included my negotiating the terms and drafting the contracts for hardware sales, vendor agreements, implementation, and the global rollout. The e-transformation project was so successful, I closed a very large follow-on deal with one of their divisions for an integrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Content Management System (CMS), and eCommerce platform built from scratch for end-users across six operating companies and 128 business units.
Founder and CEO
Questicon Inc.
1994 – 2000 (6 yrs)
I spun off the Tandem Manufacturing Business Systems Division by purchasing all its assets, resulting in $12M in revenue from clients including Apple, Dell, Bausch and Lomb, AT&T, Sprint, Merrill Lynch, Chase Bank, Lockheed Missiles, Lockheed Space, Cummins Engine, First National Bank of Chicago, and Ampex. During this time, I oversaw 39 full-time employees and 20-40 domestic and overseas contractors.
General Manager, HP/Tandem Manufacturing Business Systems Division
Acquired Oriole Software Inc. to protect a $100M Tandem revenue pipeline. Then, created TMBS, a wholly owned Tandem Software Company that sold MRP/ERP solutions. From 1989 to 1992, managed TMBS in Baltimore, and the Tandem Alliance (Business Partner) Organization out of New York.
Tandem Computers - 3 Positions
(now) Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1984 – 1994 (10 yrs)
Eastern Region Manager of Business Partner Development
Identified and recruited Tandem-based business partners. Managed a team of 25 system engineers providing technology support to the partners. Sold hardware and software to and through partners. Managed the Business Partner Solution Development and Hosting facilities in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Los Angeles. Exceeded revenue goals all years – typically $100M.
Manager of Banking and Brokerage Team
Managed a team of 30 technical resources supporting development projects at First National Bank of Chicago. Supported sales initiatives resulting in $20+ million a year in hardware and consulting services revenue.
Systems Analyst and Project Manager
Bunker Ramo, Inc.
1980 - 1984 (5 years)
Provided technical support to 15 banks and 5 brokerage firms throughout the Midwest. Supported the sales teams. Once sold, determined business requirements, designed solution, managed development resources, coded the application, installed software, trained users, documented processes, and provided ongoing support.
Systems Analyst and Programming Instructor
Four Phase System, Inc.
1976 – 1980 (4 yrs)
Supported sales to customers. Performed hardware and software systems requirements analysis. Then developed customer applications based on their business requirements. Also, trained customer programmers in computer programming languages and application development.
Founder and CEO
Suretek Software
1994 – 1999 (6 yrs)
We provided consulting services to clients such as IBM, Intel, Oracle, Compaq, HP, DLJ, and Computer Sciences Corporation. Example projects included reengineering Dell’s inventory systems, remotely managing Apple’s datacenters in Napa for 6 months, and overseeing a logistics development project for TNT Logistics (now FedEx). We also funded the research and development of a product that automated the conversion of legacy application code such as Cobol to web-enabled technology such as XML/XSL, but Moore’s Law just wasn’t quite there yet.