Tim Hunt Bio


Timothy R. Hunt


Tim is currently starting a new venture called Go Natural CNG in alternative fuel vehicles focusing on natural gas. He was most recently the general manager of North America for Certiport who is the sole provider of Microsoft Office and Adobe certification exams worldwide.

Tim was the founder and Chairman of the Board of Lingotek, a software development company with a new technology called the Language Search Engine. Lingotek raised $3 million plus from Flywheel Ventures, Canopy Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and other angel investors. In 2008, Tim sold his holdings in Lingotek for a modest positive return.

Tim received his MBA from the University of Utah, where he was also awarded the 2002 Utah Outstanding Student Entrepreneur of the Year. While getting his MBA he won both state wide and international business plan competitions netting $65,000 in cash. He was recognized by his peers and named to the vSpring v100 Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs in 2007 and 2008. He has also been inducted into the Snow College Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame.

He helped found the University Venture Fund which now manages $18 million in investments and holdings. He serves on the board of the Utah Valley Entrepreneur Forum and the Governor’s Business Resource Center Board where he serves as vice chair. He is also the co-chair of the UTC CEO peer-to-peer forums and is a Utah Technology Council Trustee.

He is a former tactical intelligence officer for the U.S. Army. He developed a new Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) for the U.S. Army called the 97L Translator/Interpreter. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Utah, Weber State and Salt Lake Community College where he taught venture finance, mathematics and entrepreneurship courses.

Prior to that he supervised scripture translation for the LDS Church where he supervised the translation of 85 of the 100+ languages in which the Church has produced scriptures.

He and his wife Cindy have 12 children and 2 grandchildren.

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