Tim Hoerr

Tim Huerr is a seasoned business executive with over 30 years of experience in a variety of industries. He serves as the CEO of Serra Ventures and Senior Managing Principal of Serra Capital, a series of Funds providing seed, emerging and growth capital to high technology companies. Tim has worked in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) technology community since 2001 and is a charter member of the Universitys Entrepreneur-in-Residence program at EnterpriseWorks business incubator in the Research Park. He was co-founder and former CEO of iCyt Mission Technology, Inc., a highly successful bio-instrument company that won numerous awards for technology and business excellence and which was acquired by Sony Corporation in late 2009. Tim was awarded the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Management Award at the Innovation Celebration, 2009.