Risking It: An Intersection of Faith & Work (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692282458)

Tim is the CEO of Serra Ventures, a professional services firm offering assistance with business strategy, capital formation, and organization development. He serves as the Managing Partner of Serra Capital, the division of the company providing funding to seed and emerging stage high tech companies. Tim is also the Managing Member of a Jimmy John's franchise operating in central Texas. A partner and consultant for 15 years with RSM McGladrey, an international accounting and consulting firm (both in Illinois and San Diego), Tim subsequently served as president of SourceGear (a software firm), and then as Co-Founder and CEO of iCyt, a bioscience instrument firm which garnered numerous technology and business awards for their innovations. The company was acquired by Sony Corporation in 2009, the same year Tim won the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Management Award at the Innovation Celebration -- an honor recognizing exceptional entrepreneurial talent bestowed by the University of Illinois. Having previously authored "Thank God It's Monday! A Toolkit for Aligning Your Lifevision and Your Work" (Everywhere Press, 1998), Tim is keenly dedicated to sharing his career-related insights with the goal of encouraging and equipping fellow Christians who are similarly seeking to integrate their faith into their own work life. Over his three decades in the business arena, Tim has actively sought to boldly implement this key principle into every aspect of his business endeavors, and candidly shares his failures as well as his successes with businesspeople and entrepreneurs who are building today's high performance organizations. Alyssa Kolb is the Marketing and Communications Director for Serra Ventures. A graduate from the University of Illinois (undergrad) and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (masters), she has extensive training and background in the field of Industrial Organizational Psychology, essentially how human factors influence people's behavior and interactions within organizations. Alyssa has performed a variety of functions for Serra Ventures since joining the firm in 2009, working on numerous aspects of client projects as well as overseeing the firm's digital communications, including Serra's workshops and presentations. Additionally, Alyssa has authored numerous white papers addressing topics of entrepreneurship and start-up ventures. She is the oldest of Tim's three daughters (and he could not be more proud!)