Tim Hsia is a distinguished honor graduate of West Point and was commissioned as an infantry officer in the US Army. Tim deployed twice to Iraq: he served as an infantry platoon leader in combat with 1-24 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq. As an executive officer with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment (3/2 SCR) he helped the unit move from Ft. Lewis, WA to Vilseck, Germany.He then served as a logistics officer for 3/2 SCR during its fourteen month deployment in support of the surge in Iraq and earned a Bronze Star. During that time he helped move his unit from Germany to Kuwait to Baghdad to Baqubah to Muktadiyah to Kuwait and back to Germany.Tim transitioned from active duty in 2010 and graduated from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and Stanford Law School in 2014. While at Stanford he taught ROTC to cadets at Stanford and Santa Clara University. He also interned at Addepar, Canvas Ventures, & Ignition Ventures. And started The Dish Daily while as a student.Tim is the CEO & Founder of Media Mobilize (an online ad network, marketing agency, and media company).Tim is the founder and Managing Partner of Context Ventures, a venture fund that primarily invests in military veteran founders but also separately in fintech & consumer startups. Tim’s startup investments include Workflow (acquired by Apple), Morning Brew (acquired by Business Insider), The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot), Thredup (IPO), and Proterra (SPAC).Tim is a board member at Service to School (co-founder), the Marine’s Memorial Association (Marine Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco), and Bunker Labs.Tim is a published writer in the Infantry Magazine, Small Wars Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times (two op-eds and writer for At War). He has also written case studies for the Stanford Graduate School of Business.