​About The Session

​Join us on Wednesday, March 1st from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Rick Timmins, Angel Capital Association Board Member and ACA Data Analytics Committee Chairman & CTAN Member, will share insights from data-driven angel investing, how the investment markets are in the US and in Texas, and share the types of returns angel investors could make. Rick will also share the financial performance of Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN), how they track, measure and report the results of the entire portfolio.

​About Our Speaker

​Rick is a resident of Austin, Texas and is heavily involved in the Austin start-up community. He is the former Board Chairman (six years) and member of the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN). He has personally invested in 49 start-up companies since 2009 and has assisted many entrepreneurs with insight and recommendations through mentoring and formal participation on Boards, accelerators, and incubators.

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He brings with him 35 years of experience in financial management and strategic guidance from two Fortune 50 technology companies, Rick served as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Assistant CFO of finance at networking technology leader Cisco Systems from 1995 to 2007. There he was instrumental in developing and implementing an e-culture of financial reporting across all of Cisco’s worldwide operations. When he arrived in 1995 it took Cisco 21 days to close its monthly reporting books. Under his leadership that task was reduced to less than 1 day worldwide.

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Prior to Cisco, Rick served as Vice President of finance for Motorola for 23 years. He had worldwide financial responsibility for the MOS Semiconductor Group for several years. He also was also the CFO for Motorola Japan living in Tokyo for 6 years and assisted in helping to develop Motorola’s cellular and semiconductor operations in Japan, which experienced high growth from $200 million to over $2.5 billion.
In addition to his operational experience, Rick has also worked with numerous top tier venture firms from across the country, including as Venture Partner at G51 in Austin.

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Rick is currently a Board Chairman of Broadway National Bank He is also a Board member of the Angel Capital Association (ACA) and the local chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Rick previously served on four other public company Boards and six private company Boards. Rick holds a B.S. degree in accounting and finance from the University of Arizona, an M.B.A. degree from St. Edward’s University, and was previously a Certified Public Accountant.