Aboard a high-tech. ferry in Spain
Tim is a partner at
Startup Capital
Ventures.
He previously founded
Hawaii Superferry,
a company that is bringing energy-efficient inter-island
vehicle ferry service to Hawaii. A serial entrepreneur,
Tim was previously founder of
Grassroots.com,
a political web technology company. In 1995, he
founded
WorldPages.com,
the internet's first white & yellow pages, which went
public and is now part of British Telecom.
Previously, Tim was a principal at the
Boston Consulting Group
(BCG) where he led CEO-level strategy consulting work with
significant work in high-technology, transportation, oil
& gas, electric utility industries along with key
industry groups like the
Electric Power Research Institute
(EPRI)
Tim was previously an electrical engineer at
Beckman Instruments,
where he developed systems, software, and chip
technology for medical electronics. He developed the
first electronic speech synthesizer for use in hospital
intensive care units, and the world's first
instrument-on-a-chip
during this time.
Tim
holds an MBA from Stanford University and a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering from the University of California,
Irvine where he founded the UCI Cycling Team. He serves or
has served as Board member and advisor to numerous
companies including
Dali Wireless
a company that produces energy-efficient cellular phone
systems, Hawaii Superferry, Emptor / Accept (acquired by
Amazon),
Affinity Engines,
Biopacific, WorldPages, and
Spoxel.
A believer in social responsibility, Tim co-founded
TRUSTe.org
which has become the internet’s privacy standard. He
is a founding Board Member of
Reef Check Hawaii
and an active member of the
Hawaii Venture Capital
Association,
and the
Hawaii International Film
Festival.
Passing Diamond Head, Hawaii
A life-long sailor, Tim was born in England to parents who
instilled simple values for which he thanks them
enormously. In spare moments, he enjoys sailing, spending
time with his family, and traveling. He claims the only
items he could not live without are his passport,
Macintosh, and bicycle.