Timothy Harned

Tim joined Progress Partners as a Managing Director in May 2021 following the acquisition of his firm, 8Nineteen Advisory. Tim is a veteran of the investment banking, corporate development, and financial advisory industries with over 30 years of experience in M&A, capital markets, and related activities.

Tim is also a technology specialist with more than 20 years of experience in various technology fields, including communications, mobility, and software, and another 10 years working with consumer and industrial companies. Over the course of his career, Mr. Harned has led strategic transactions for both Fortune 500 companies as well as earlier stage, high-growth enterprises. In addition, he has successfully completed multiple cross-border transactions for U.S. acquirers entering the markets of both established and developing countries.

Prior to joining Progress, Tim was the Founder and Managing Partner of 8Nineteen Advisory, LLC, where he served as a strategic C-suite consultant regarding growth matters and provided financial advisory services, with a specialty in mergers and acquisitions and corporate and business development. He began his career at Lehman Brothers (1987-1992) within the M&A group and later joined Banc of America Securities (1996-2000) where he became a Managing Director. Tim subsequently joined Morgan Stanley & Co. (2000-2002), where he served as an Executive Director focused on M&A and capital markets advisory to technology companies. Tim also spent more than a decade (2003-2016) with several technology-focused financial and strategic advisory boutiques and has also served as a corporate development executive (1994-1996). Tim has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Vuzix Corporation (NAS: VUZI) since July of 2017.

Tim currently resides in Boston and earned a MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tim also holds an A.B. in English from Kenyon College.