Tim Oakley

Tim Oakley has over 20 years experience as a financial executive and over 15 years as an executive in the high technology areas of telecommunications, software and the internet. He has conducted over $750M in financial transactions for both public and private companies.

Prior to his current position, Tim was the CFO for CipherTrust in Atlanta, GA, the leader in email and messaging security, which grew from $5M to $50M in sales during his tenure. Before CipherTrust, Tim served as CFO of OpenSite Technologies in the Research Triangle Park of NC, an Internet auction software provider, where he led the company in the Initial Public Offering process which resulted in its acquisition by Siebel Systems for $450M.

Additional experience includes executive positions with companies such as MCI (Prior to WorldCom) and Broadband Technologies. At MCI Tim served as Director of Finance in Washington, DC and provided controller services for the company's $7 billion Consumer and Small Business unit. After MCI, he assumed the role of chief financial officer at Broadband Technologies, a publicly traded NASDAQ company in the Research Triangle Park of NC. He began his career in public accounting at Coopers and Lybrand in Raleigh, NC (Now PricewaterhouseCoopers) where he performed audit services and obtained his CPA.

Tim holds a Masters of Business Administration from Emory University and obtained his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Accounting concentration with honors from East Carolina University. A certified public accountant, Oakley is an active member of the American Institution of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the North Carolina Society of CPA’s.