Tim Rowe is the founder and CEO of CIC. CIC is a global leader in building shared innovation campuses, with locations in the US, Europe, and Asia. Since 1999, Tim has grown CIC to operate nearly 2 million square feet of shared innovation office and laboratory space, making it the largest operator of innovation-focused shared workspace worldwide.Tim co-founded and serves as the Chair of Venture Café, an international network that connects innovators through mostly weekly gatherings in 15 cities around the world. He also co-founded and served as the founding chair of LabCentral, the world's largest shared wet laboratory and MassRobotics, the world’s largest shared robotics innovation facility. Tim launched and served as the first president of the Kendall Square Association, which promotes and fosters the neighborhood near MIT dubbed "the most innovative square mile on the planet.” During the COVID era, Tim and noted health leader Dr. Atul Gawande collaborated to launch CIC Health, which became the largest COVID testing and mass-vaccination company in New England.Earlier in his career, Tim served as a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a Manager with the Boston Consulting Group and an analyst with the Mitsubishi Research Institute. Tim speaks Spanish and Japanese fluently, as well as basic Mandarin Chinese.Tim holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a BA from Amherst College. Tim is the proud father of three young adults, and is happily married to Ayaka Rowe, a food entrepreneur.