Barbara Stinnett

Barbara Stinnett is an investor, a managing partner, and the CEO of the Timmaron Group. Timmaron Group is an applied technologies and investment firm based in Silicon Valley, with life sciences headquarters in Minneapolis. She brings experience in devices, biotech, and healthcare, and she has helped launch many companies globally.

Her career offers a unique blend of leadership, spanning Fortune 25 to early-stage and mid-cap companies. Her experience includes leading revenue organizations for Hewlett Packard, Oracle, and Cisco; transitioning and transforming mid-cap technology firms through their exits at i2 Technologies and SumTotal Systems, a Vista Equity Partners firm; and working with and investing in early-stage technology firms. Ms. Stinnett has served in various executive roles and as an independent director at American Multiplexer Corporation, SumTotal Systems, i2 Technologies, and the Bill Norris Foundation, a technology fund for emerging technologies at the University of St. Thomas.

She is one of the founding partners of the Sofia Fund, an early-stage fund focused on women-led technology companies, and at AUXtc, a fund focused on technologies in the mobile market. Ms. Stinnett graduated from the University of Wisconsin with degrees in computer science and international business.