Tim focuses on early stage technology investments. He currently represents Artiman on the boards of Crossbar Semiconductor, Kaybus and Nutrinsic.
Between 2001 and 2011, Tim was a General Partner at Partech International. He continues to represent Partech and serves on the boards of InvenSense (NYSE:INVN), Prysm, Five9 (NASDAQ: FIVN) and LedEngin.
Previous investments include Teknovus (Broadcom) and Ario Data (Xyratek). Between 1997 and 2001, Tim was the Chief Marketing Officer for Digital Island (NASDAQ: ISLD) a Partech portfolio company. The company was acquired in 2001 for $350M. Prior to Digital Island, Tim was a General Manager at Lucent Technology where he led the international voice communications product management team (now Avaya) with P&L for product lines generating over $2B in annual sales. Before Lucent, Tim held a variety of senior management positions within AT&T (North America and Australia) and AT&T Bell Labs from 1983-1995.
Tim also is a NSF I-Corps adjunct Instructor for the Bay Area Node. Tim enjoys soccer, skiing and more recently sailing. Much to the demise of local neighborhood property values, he also dabbles with electric/acoustic electric guitars.
Tim graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Bowdoin College receiving his undergraduate degree in Physics. He received his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where he was named a Fuqua Scholar.