About.
I'm Tim. I've spent 14 years building, operating, and advising companies across cross-border commerce, ecommerce technology, and AI. Three of those years were as a C-suite operator inside Carbon6, which sold to a publicly-traded buyer in 2024.
Today I'm a founder — building Foundry Ventures, an AI-native infrastructure play for the internal portfolio. A growth strategist — running GrowthHive, the advisory practice I started in 2017. And a builder — still in the seat with the founders I work with, not on the sideline.
I write occasionally on the blog. I take on a small number of strategic engagements each year through GrowthHive. If you want to work together, the door is at contact.
Career.
Founder
The strategic advisory practice. 30+ clients including Alibaba, Helium 10, Amazon, PickFu, and Carbon6. Currently chair of the Accio Work Product & GTM Advisory Board at Alibaba.
Founder
Cross-border brand operation. Localized branding and GTM across the US–China commerce corridor for brands going outbound and inbound. Offices in the USA and Shenzhen.
Founder
AI-native infrastructure and methodology house for the internal portfolio. Building the Foundry Agent System and the playbooks that run on top of it. Public surface at builtwithfoundry.com.
Founder
Multiple direct-to-consumer brands built across Amazon, eBay, and Etsy, including Briar and Oak, Fifth and Nest, Barrel Born, and Stone River Products. Some exited, some ongoing.
Chief Strategy Officer, then Chief Community Officer
Owned the strategic core, acquisition strategy, GTM, and product-to-community mapping, through to Carbon6's acquisition by a publicly traded buyer for $240M, three years after founding. Across the M&A pipeline we vetted hundreds of companies and acquired and integrated 21+ SaaS solutions into one ecosystem.
Chief Growth Officer
During my tenure we built and shipped the virtual bank account product, eventually running across 200+ countries in 37 currencies.
Executive Growth Strategist
To the U.S. CEO. Led the strategic development and deployment of the North American GTM.
Co-founder
Full-service sourcing, logistics, and 3PL operation. Teams in 4 countries, offices in Shanghai, Guatemala City, and the USA.