Tim Webb

Observing

2018

Chief Strategy Officer, Director Of Operations

2012 - 2018

Inaugural investor, board member, senior management team member. Completed service in late 2018 after recruiting an accomplished CEO. Fugue was acquired by Snyk in 2022.

Managing Director

1999 - 2011

Founded firm with two partners, raised and managed two venture capital funds. Led investment and served as a Director for early stage information technology companies including Sourcefire (network security, initial public offering 2007, acquired by Cisco 2013) and Fidelis Security Systems (network security, acquired by General Dynamics 2012).

Managing Director

1995 - 2011

Led investment and served as a Director for early stage information technology companies including Fugue (cloud security), nPulse (network forensics, acquired by FireEye 2014); Summize (real-time search, acquired by Twitter 2008), LocalEyes (location-based internet search, acquired by AOL 1999).

Special Advisor

1997 - 1999

Advised on prospective telecommunication device and equipment and internet scaling venture capital investments.

Senior Engineer

1984 - 1995

Led research on subjects including nuclear force modernization and arms control, strategic nuclear defense, defense R&D and systems acquisition, military and intelligence technology development, security implications of foreign direct investment, cybersecurity technology and policy, and operational risks to security personnel from digital identity. Served as inaugural operational manager (1992-1995) for the Critical Technologies Institute supporting the Executive Office of the President of the United States - Office of Science and Technology Policy - directing analysis of prospective policies including those pertaining to commercial use of the global positioning system, national environmental technology strategy, the role of direct federal support of selected industries and venture capital, and the state of commercial technology advancements in areas such as education, training and biomaterials. Full time staff 1984-1995. Part time staff 2011-2014. Adjunct staff 1995- 2011 and 2014-2022.

Engineer

1979 - 1982

Space Systems Division. Participated in engineering of spacecraft and ground support equipment (NASA ISPM/ESA and Japanese ETS-III), synthetic aperture radar digital image processing system (IR&D), and advanced wind energy system (DOE/NASA MOD-1 WTG).

Summer Associate

1975 - 1976

Summers of 1975 and 1976. Technical writer, primarily for reports on segmented magnet homopolar machines for the Advanced Research Projects Administration and on a superconducting energy storage coil for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.