172877_APEX_Global Book_REV PROOF 7-24

Tim Meyers is Managing Director of DoHoMa Capital and provides strategic advice, counsel to numerous companies including Baker Tilly, where he is a Senior Advisor. His specific focus is working closely with entrepreneurs, CXOs and their boards to accelerate growth and strategic initiatives. He provides advice on equity and debt structures, acquisitions, dispositions, strategic partnerships, new offerings, management team optimization, workouts, etc. He has worked with companies in diverse sectors including software, tech, cyber, biotech, life sciences, data analytics, private equity, professional services, manufacture, energy, industrial services, real estate, education and not-for-profit sector. Throughout his career, he has operated in various roles, including Chairman, Managing Partner, Managing Director, Partner, President, CFO and Chairman of Investment Committees. As an investor he has managed large diversified portfolios for endowments, family offices and corporate pension funds. As a principal, he has created new VC/private equity, hedge and real estate funds. He has raised billions in equity and debt.

He has led, managed and/or directly invested in over a hundred companies. As board member and management team member of many of these, he helped lead the exit planning that created tremendous liquidity for owners and investors. Tim has had the pleasure of being an instructor for multiple universities and law schools. He has also been an active board member with a number of universities, research institutes and other not-for-profit organizations. He has a master’s degree in accounting and tax from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in business from George Mason University. He has been married to his high school sweetheart for 33 years and has one daughter who is a sophomore at Virginia Tech. Mary Guy Miller is the director of the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP), which identifies early stage STEM companies and provides resources to accelerate their growth across Region 2. RAMP is a joint effort of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, the City of Roanoke and Virginia Western Community College. Currently, RAMP is evaluating applications for the third cohort, which will begin on May 15. Before becoming the director, Mary was the founder and president of Interactive Design and Development, Inc. (IDD), an information technology firm in Blacksburg, Virginia. Under her 29 years of leadership and guidance, the company developed information technology solutions for Fortune 500 companies, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. Dr. Miller received her master’s degree in information sciences (MIS) and her Ph.D. in instructional design from Virginia Tech. She was recognized at the 75th Anniversary of Women at Virginia Tech as an outstanding woman alumna and was named the 2013 Outstanding Alumni for Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering. She serves as chair of the Virginia 4-H Foundation Board and is a member of the National Bankshares Board of Directors.

John (Jack) Sepple was the Group Technology Officer for Accenture Operations and Senior Managing Director for Accenture Cloud, retiring as of February 2019. Jack’s deep expertise and reputation as a leader and innovator in the technology industry are significant assets, which he offered to both the Group Technology Office and Cloud role. Since 2011, Jack served as the Global Managing Director of Cloud, focused on helping clients plan, implement and manage cloud services, including infrastructure, platform, software and business process-as- a-service for this +$6B component of Accenture. Jack has also established alliances with some of the most influential partners in the Cloud ecosystem including AWS, Microsoft, Google, HP, ServiceNow and VMWare. From 2013-2015, Jack served as the Global Managing Director for Infrastructure Services growing the business by over $800M over three years. From 2010- 2012, Jack served as Global Managing Director of Network Services, as well as the executive sponsor of the Accenture & Cisco Business Group. From 2005-2009, Jack served as the Account

Lead for Telstra Corporation where he played a key role in Telstra’s large and aggressive Network and IT Transformation, transforming Telstra into a next generation, converged telecommunications carrier. Prior to 2005, Jack was a key member of the Communications, Media and High Technology leadership team that included Client Account and Technology Account lead roles for Level(3), DirecTV, Qwest, US West and Southwestern Bell (now AT&T). He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the College of William &Mary and a master’s degree in business administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Jack and his wife Valerie have two children and are active in their local community of Denver, Colorado.

| 17

Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs