Tim Bour
Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
Before taking the helm of BIC in August of 2007, Tim Bour successfully grew or developed business and sales, generating and managing finances in excess of $100 million dollars. Most recently, Tim was Executive Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing at Circle Graphics, the leading manufacturer of wide format digital printers for the outdoor advertising market. As founder and CEO of Cielo Communications, 1997 to 2001, Tim not only secured over $45 million in capital, he did this while overseeing the development of the first gigabit optical transceiver used by Cisco Systems. Tim spent thirteen years at Hewlett Packard where he worked as marketing manager for the fiber optics components business, during that time; sales grew from $20 million to an astounding $200 million annually. Tim was a finalist “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the Rocky Mountain Region in June 1999 for his work at Cielo Communications. Tim holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Ohio State University.
