TIM EARLYOPERATOR · FOUNDER · SINCE 1982
Four decades in technology
Soldier Programmer Founder Operator

I take emerging technology to market — and rebuild what’s broken along the way.

For forty years I’ve done one thing across wildly different arenas: go in, read the real conditions, build the solution, and deliver under pressure. From Army war-game simulations at the dawn of the internet, to Fortune-100 architecture, to companies I founded and sold, to helping today’s brands get recommended by AI. The constant is reinvention under pressure.

The Throughline

Reinvention under pressure — on purpose.

It started literally. As a young soldier I served as a communications NCO in the Army’s most demanding airborne and special-operations units — the 82nd Airborne, then 1st Special Forces Group in the Pacific. When I broke both legs and could no longer serve in the field, I didn’t leave — I retrained as a programmer and finished my service building the Army’s war-game simulations, earning a bachelor’s and a master’s along the way.

That pattern became the career. I’ve been the person companies send in to build a channel, rebuild a broken region, or turn a distressed company around — often several at once. I don’t just sell; I build the system that lets others sell, and I fix what stops working. Soldier, teacher, builder, closer — one operator, not four.

Today that instinct is pointed at the newest shift of all: AI decides who gets recommended. Buyers no longer get a list — they get an answer, and AI only names what it can verify. My work now is closing that gap for the businesses I back.

Track Record

Where I’ve operated — and who I’ve served.

Four decades, a dozen companies, three of them founded. The tell isn’t the logos — it’s that the same marquee clients followed me from company to company.

Companies & Ventures

  • U.S. Army — DoD / War-Gaming 1982–91
  • Household International R&D
  • Open Systems Integration Founder
  • Baan (ERP) VP Sales
  • SolutionBank · PointServe CTO
  • WebStorz / e-Revive Founder
  • Agile Software · Oracle PLM
  • PSS Systems · IBM Sales Dir.
  • Autonomy / HPE / Micro Focus Sales
  • Perceptive (Lexmark) · Dassault ECM/PLM
  • Go Simple Go Smart CEO

Selected Clients & Accounts

  • Medtronic · Abbott
  • ExxonMobil · Noble Energy
  • State Farm · Zurich
  • GE Healthcare · Hill-Rom
  • Comerica · Commerzbank · Capital One
  • Dow · Cummins · Kimberly-Clark
  • Deloitte · Intuit · Xerox
  • Zebra Technologies · Caterpillar
  • H&R Block · Hyatt · Seyfarth Shaw
The Reach

Four decades. Hundreds of organizations. Nearly every industry that runs on complex data.

A representative slice, by sector — names you’ll recognize. The full roster runs far longer.

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Medtronic · Abbott · Eli Lilly · Baxter · Johnson & Johnson · Stryker · GE Healthcare · Hill-Rom · Mayo Clinic

Financial Services

Capital One · Chase · State Farm · Allstate · Travelers · Northern Trust · US Bank · Western Union · Zurich

Manufacturing & Industrial

Caterpillar · Cummins · Trane · Kohler · Modine · Plexus · Rayovac · Zebra Technologies

Energy & Utilities

ExxonMobil · ConocoPhillips · Halliburton · Noble Energy · ComEd · Entergy

Consumer Goods & Food

Procter & Gamble · General Mills · Frito-Lay · Kraft · Coca-Cola · Gillette · Heinz · Walgreens

Technology & Telecom

AT&T · Unisys · Nielsen · Boeing

Professional Services

Deloitte · Accenture · PwC · Seyfarth Shaw

Travel & Aviation

American Airlines · United Airlines · Southwest Airlines

What I Do Now

Two companies, one thesis: make the machine choose you.

Health & Legal Data

Go Simple Go Smart

CEO of a health- and legal-technology company that helps plaintiff injury firms and healthcare providers capture, share, and integrate health data — moving them from paper-driven to information-driven. The culmination of a career spent at the intersection of data, legal, and healthcare.

The Evidence Gap

On the Radar Studios

In the AI era, buyers don’t get a list — they get a recommendation, and AI only recommends what it can verify. On the Radar Studios diagnoses and closes your Evidence Gap: the distance between what your brand claims and what a machine can independently confirm and cite. Get recommended — not just ranked.

Visit ontheradarstudios.com →
The Receipts

Don’t take my word for it. Here’s what can be verified.

In an era when buyers ask AI what to trust, a career should be legible to the machine — structured, specific, checkable. This is mine.

Service

U.S. Army veteran, Staff Sergeant (E-6); held a Top Secret clearance. Airborne-qualified; served with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) as a communications and data NCO. Combat Diver, Jumpmaster, and sniper schools.

Education

B.S., Computer Software — SUNY Albany. M.A., Computer Resources & Information Management — Webster University. Both earned on active duty.

Recognition

HP Platinum Channel Partner (invitation-only tier). CA Reseller of the Year, 1994 & 1995. Open Systems Integration acquired by Vanstar.

Capital & Exits

On the executive team for a $50M Series C (PointServe). Multiple companies founded and sold across four decades.

40+ years in enterprise technology Teams led across the Americas, Europe & Asia-Pacific Hundreds of clients, every major industry
Contact

Let’s talk.

Whether you’re a founder who needs a hand getting on the radar, a firm that needs its data to finally move, or someone who just wants four decades of pattern-matching on a hard problem — reach out.

tim@timearly.com