Tim Rowe Biography

Tim Rowe is a businessman, an activist for social change, and a recognized authority on how to promote creativity in businesses. He was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and currently serves as the founder and CEO of the Cambridge Innovation Center, the largest building in the US housing start-up technology companies. The CIC is home to some 350 startup and early-stage technological businesses, making it possibly the world's densest startup community. The CIC has been referred to as "what may simply be the most important building in Greater Boston" by The Boston Globe. Within the Cambridge Innovation Center, Google, Inc., Great Point Energy, and many more companies got their start in New England. Since CIC was established in 1999, over 550 businesses have started there. At last count, venture capitalists have invested nearly $1.1B in these businesses. Tim is also the founder and venture partner of New Atlantic Ventures, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based, $120 million early-stage innovation fund. Past investments worth noting include Qliance, a Seattle-based startup redefining primary care delivery, and EnerNOC, a pioneer in demand-response energy management. Tim's prior employment history includes four years with Boston Consulting Group in Boston, Madrid, Tokyo, and Singapore; a two-year tenure as a lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management; and a part in the 1994 "Woodstock of the Web" at CERN. Tim holds degrees from Amherst College and the MIT Sloan School of Management. He speaks basic Mandarin Chinese and Japanese and Spanish with ease. Tim was chosen as President of the Kendall Square Association, which he helped form, in the spring of 2009. He was named one of Boston's "40 under 40" young business leaders by the Boston Business Journal. The KSA wants to strengthen, advance, and safeguard this significant global technological center.

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