Tim Hoerr is a seasoned business executive with over 40 years of experience spanning a variety of industries. He presently serves a number of high tech start-up companies in the disciplines of capital formation, business development and strategy. His firm, Serra Ventures, manages a series of venture funds that invest in early stage, high technology companies. He previously served as Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of iCyt, a bioscience technology firm located in the University of Illinois Research Park, Champaign, Illinois, that was acquired by Sony Corporation in late 2009. In February, 2009, Tim received the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Management Award at the Innovation Ce