Tim is the Head of Private Markets for State Street Alpha and Charles River Development, and is a versatile professional with over 25 years of experience helping start-ups and public companies across Financial Services, Asset Management, Artificial Intelligence, GPS, and Wireless industries. Tim’s leadership experience spans General Management, Sales, Finance, Product, and Operations, which included co-founding Mercatus, an Investment Management software company, which he started after earning his MBA from Santa Clara in 2008 and later selling to State Street. He also earned his undergraduate degree in 1996 from Santa Clara. Tim is a musician (plays the trombone) and an avid Martial Artist (third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do).