Greater Boston / East Coast

AI & enterprise growth leader.

I connect people, technology, and strategy to turn complex ideas into practical opportunities for businesses, universities, students, and entrepreneurs.

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AI Workforce & Innovation Strategist | Microsoft University InitiativesContracted through Simplicity Consulting to support Microsoft’s university AI initiatives, with a primary focus on Northeastern University. Also serving as an advisor to Salescadia.
About Timothy

Connecting enterprise growth with human-centered innovation.

I work at the intersection of AI, enterprise growth, workforce development, innovation, and strategic partnerships. Across enterprise technology, applied AI, research, advisory services, financial markets, and higher education, I help organizations turn emerging capabilities into opportunities people can understand, adopt, and use.

My career has centered on building executive trust, opening markets, and bringing people together around meaningful outcomes, especially when the opportunity is clear but the path forward is still being defined.

20+years across enterprise technology, AI, and institutional finance
$10M+enterprise AI opportunity portfolio built over two years
$1.7Mnew revenue generated in nine months for AI-enabled intelligence
110%+annual quota performance for four consecutive years
AI Workforce & InnovationIndustry EngagementStrategic PartnershipsGTM & Ecosystem Development
Current focus

From AI experimentation to real-world opportunity.

Supporting Microsoft’s university AI initiatives at Northeastern through programs and partnerships that connect learning, career readiness, entrepreneurship, and regional industry needs.

AI Workforce & Experiential Learning

Developing employer-linked pathways connecting AI fluency, co-op experiences, career readiness, and practical industry needs.

Founder & Solopreneur Innovation

Designing pathways that help participants move from experimentation to prototypes, customer validation, and early commercialization.

University-Industry Partnerships

Bringing Microsoft experts, university leadership, faculty, students, and regional employers together around workforce and economic outcomes.

Current and recent work

A career connecting markets, technology, and people.

More than 20 years across enterprise technology, applied AI, research intelligence, higher education, and institutional finance.

Simplicity Consulting

AI Workforce & Innovation Strategist | Microsoft University Initiatives
Sep 2026 - Present

Contracted through Simplicity Consulting to support Microsoft’s university AI initiatives, with a primary focus on Northeastern University. Develop employer-linked AI workforce and experiential learning pathways, founder and solopreneur programs, and partnerships connecting students, faculty, employers, entrepreneurs, and Microsoft experts.

Salescadia

Advisor
2026 - Present

Advise the founder on enterprise positioning, strategic partnerships, customer engagement, and go-to-market strategy for an AI-enabled revenue optimization platform. Support executive discovery, pilot design, and market expansion as a non-operating advisor.

NotedSource

Head of Go-To-Market
Apr - May 2026

Recruited to lead go-to-market strategy for an AI-powered research intelligence platform serving corporate R&D, innovation, and strategy leaders. Developed enterprise partnership, pilot, and pipeline strategy with founder and product leadership.

Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University

Head of AI B2B Business Development
Dec 2023 - Apr 2026

Promoted from Director of Global Business Development in February 2025 to lead industry engagement and business development across applied AI, Responsible AI, governance advisory, custom learning, and strategic partnerships. Built and managed a $10M+ enterprise opportunity portfolio by aligning industry priorities with faculty, technical experts, and research and learning capabilities.

NewtonX

Director of Global Strategic Partnerships
2022 - 2023

Commercialized AI-enabled research intelligence across global banking, insurance, venture capital, and other enterprise markets. Generated $1.7M in nine months and opened five new verticals.

Gartner

Senior Account Executive, Global Technology Sales
2018 - 2022

Managed a $4.1M enterprise portfolio and exceeded annual quota at 110%+ for four consecutive years. Closed a $5.5M multi-year agreement by aligning more than 15 stakeholders across business, procurement, finance, and executive leadership.

Cantor Fitzgerald

Head of Institutional Equity Sales Trading Desk
2011 - 2017

Led the San Francisco sales trading desk and managed 13 major institutional relationships representing more than $5T in assets under management. Built and led an eight-person operation ranked in the top 10% nationally for trading revenue.

KCG Holdings, Inc.

Director, Institutional Equity Sales
2004 - 2011

Developed client relationships representing $900B in assets under management. Led a two-person team generating more than $7M in annual commissions, with consistent 25% year-over-year business growth and top-10% production rankings.

Capabilities

Build partnerships. Develop markets. Create meaningful outcomes.

Industry Engagement & Strategic Partnerships

Connect academic expertise, enterprise priorities, and technology capabilities through executive relationships and shared objectives.

AI Workforce & Innovation

Develop applied learning and experiential pathways that connect AI fluency to career readiness, entrepreneurship, and real-world use.

AI & Research Commercialization

Translate applied AI, Responsible AI, and research intelligence into clear use cases, business cases, pilots, and market opportunities.

Go-to-Market & Enterprise Growth

Define ideal customers, positioning, market-entry strategy, qualification, and disciplined pipeline and revenue planning.

Executive Relationships & Complex Agreements

Build executive trust, align stakeholders, develop proposals, and negotiate high-value enterprise engagements.

Human-Centered AI Adoption

Help organizations prepare people for change and connect new technology to trust, responsible adoption, and meaningful outcomes.

Selected proof

Built growth motions across applied AI, research intelligence, SaaS, advisory, and capital markets.

  • Built and managed a $10M+ enterprise AI opportunity portfolio at Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential AI.
  • Generated $1.7M in nine months commercializing AI-enabled research intelligence at NewtonX.
  • Opened five new verticals through ICP definition, buyer-persona modeling, account segmentation, and GTM collateral.
  • Closed a $5.5M multi-year enterprise agreement and exceeded annual quota for four consecutive years at Gartner.
  • Advised senior leaders on AI strategy, governance, deployment roadmaps, custom education, and business-case development.
  • Led institutional equity sales for 13 major accounts representing more than $5T in assets under management.

Northeastern University Institute for Experiential AI

Built a commercialization motion across Responsible AI, applied AI solutions, custom learning, governance advisory, and AI literacy.

NewtonX

Commercialized AI-enabled research intelligence into large-enterprise financial services accounts and opened five new verticals.

Gartner

Managed strategic enterprise technology relationships, achieved 110%+ of quota for four consecutive years, and closed a $5.5M agreement.

My perspective

The strongest AI strategies are human strategies.

Technology matters, but lasting value comes from connecting it to people, purpose, and meaningful outcomes.

Trust makes transformation possible

The human side of transformation starts with how leaders build trust around new technology and prepare their organizations for change.

Learning should create opportunity

AI can open meaningful opportunities for businesses, employees, students, and entrepreneurs when experimentation connects to real-world impact.

Human relevance must advance with AI

As AI accelerates, human judgment, creativity, agency, and opportunity should advance with it. I help organizations adopt AI in ways that strengthen human relevance.

Education & credentials

A foundation in people, policy, and technology.

Brown University

B.A., Organizational Behavior & Public Policy

Varsity track and field, high jump; four-year letter recipient; All-Ivy performer; AIESEC member.

Northeastern University

Graduate Certificate in AI Applications, 16 credits, completed December 2025.

AI trends and tools, Responsible AI, Human-Centered AI, and Strategic AI for Business.

Additional credentials: Understanding AI in Financial Services, Northeastern University (2023); Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, MIT Media Lab (2020).

Next step

Let’s connect people, partnerships, and possibility.

Connect with me about AI workforce and innovation initiatives, industry engagement, strategic partnerships, and enterprise growth. Based in Greater Boston.

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