Tricia Montalvo Timm is a board director, venture investor, speaker, and author. She is a first-generation Latina who rose through the ranks of Silicon Valley while advising high-tech companies big and small, culminating in the sale of data analytics software company Looker to Google for $2.6 billion. Timm is one of the few Latinas to have attained the triple achievement of reaching the C-suite, joining the boardroom, and cracking the venture capital ceiling.

Her career has spanned working with some of the largest and most well-known publicly traded multinational companies in the world to stepping on as the first lawyer at several high-growth start-ups. Timm currently serves on the board at Salsify, a top enterprise software-as-a-service software company. She is also an advocate for women and girls and serves as a mentor, advisor, and investor in female-founded companies.

Timm’s industry recognitions include the 2020 Women of Influence and Latino Business Leadership awards from Silicon Valley Business Journal and the title of Diversity Champion from the SVBJ Corporate Counsel Awards. Timm was also selected as one of the “50 Women to Watch for Boards” by 50/50 Women on Boards in 2023.

With her new book, Embrace the Power of You, she hopes to inspire anyone who has ever felt like an “other” in the workplace to embrace their true selves, own their identity, and achieve success and fulfillment in their life and career.