Let's Build Brands That Move Markets.

We call it Strategic Leadership Without The Overhead – Leading ambitious companies by gaining clarity and scaling faster with built-in brand, tech, & marketing execution.

Tim DeSilva

As a founder and strategist, I’ve spent the past 25 years building brands by doing the work — not just steering from the top.I’ve worked across brand, marketing, sales, product, operations, and technology, learning firsthand how strategy actually plays out when it touches the real world.Today, I work with companies to sharpen their brand, scale their technology and marketing, and align sales and product under clear, actionable, and iterative strategy.It’s tailored strategic leadership with the option of hands-on execution. I offer growing brands and organizations in transition, the strategic leadership of a CMO and CTO, plus the ability to execute, and the option of a built-in, senior team.Whether it’s developing go-to-market plans, repositioning brands, training teams, or accelerating revenue growth, I focus on solutions that drive real outcomes.But if you want slides, slogans, automation, tech or music recommendations, we can throw those in the mix too.

Highlights:

  • Guiding brand and growth strategy at Culture Pilot for over two decades, helping premium brands scale across tech, hospitality, business, and consumer markets.

  • Leading GTM strategy to help a SAAS based tech company secure $5M upfront and an additional 5-year exclusivity deal.

  • Building Brand Strategy and Sales Enablement process for a new venture to close two offers over $4M in under 90 days.

  • Developing Brand and Direct-to-Consumer Strategy for niche retail brand, controlling supply chain to drive omnichannel growth and achieve category-leading market position.

  • Building a MedTech brand and guiding fundraising efforts that secured $15M across Seed to Series B over a three-year period.

If you're building something ambitious and need a strategic operator who can both architect the plan and move the pieces forward, let's connect.

Speaking & Workshops

May 6, 2023
Go To Market Roadmapping
1pm @ Culture Pilot [Virtual]Oct 3, 2022
Brand Storytelling Workshop
1:30pm @ FUSE (Houston Campus)May 17, 2022
Brand Storytelling Workshop
9:00am @ FUSE (Houston Campus)Nov 16, 2021
Branding & Marketing for Startups
6:30pm @ Founder Institute Texas [VIRTUAL]Oct 28, 2021
Chase for Business – Getting Results w/ Creative Online Marketing
11am-1pm @ Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies [VIRTUAL]Feb 2, 2021
Chase for Business – Getting Results w/ Creative Online Marketing
11am-1pm @ Rice University Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies [VIRTUAL]July 7–9, 2020
Rice University – Marketing Strategy and Communication in Uncertain Times
2pm-4pm @ Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies [VIRTUAL]May 1, 2018
Artist Inc – Navigating web technology for Artists & Creative Professionals
4:30-6:00pm @ Fresh Arts-Houston, TXJune 20, 2017
AIGA Design Loop: Careers Edition (Moderator)
6:30-8:00pm @ NUU Group-Houston, TXMay 10, 2017
Personal Branding for Artists & Creative Professionals
5:00-6:00pm @ Heights Public Library-Houston, TXAugust 16, 2016
Exploring Passion Projects (AIGA Design Loop)
6:30-8:30pm @ Fill In The Blank Studio-Houston, TXMarch 30, 2016
The Past / Present / Future Journey of Tech
Oso Bay Creative Summit XIX Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TXFebruary 8, 2016
Innovation and Startup Culture – Turnstone Roadshow 2016
5pm @ McCoy-Rockford, Houston, TXSept 9, 2014
Bridging gaps between Baby Boomers and Millennials
Infovine! Marketing Symposium for Non-profits
5:30pm @ Noble Energy Room, Houston Food Bank, Houston, TXOct 22, 2013
Engaging Human Behavior & Sensory Marketing
AMA MarketingEDGE Conference Spin Up
4pm @ Norris Conference Center - CityCentre, Houston, TXOct 2, 2013
Looking toward the ubiquitous mobile era
HiMA Interactive Strategies Conference
4pm @ Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University, Houston, TXSept 14, 2013
STEM to STEAM: The importance of Arts for success in Education and Business (Moderator)
Houston Arts Partners Conference
9am @ Houston Ballet Center for Dance, Houston, TXAugust 6, 2013
Marketing and Technology within Arts and Education
YA National Leadership Conference
1:45pm @ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TXJune 25, 2013
Best practices in Design Thinking - AIGA Design Loop
6:30pm @ Museum of Printing History, Houston, TXJune 19, 2013
Visual Communication in Brand Development (Lecture)6pm @ University of Houston, Houston, TXApril 16, 2013
Personal Branding & Social Media Etiquette w/ UHSMSA
4pm @ University of Houston main campus, Houston, TXFebruary 24, 2013
Engaging Human Behavior
10am @ TEDActive, Palm Springs, CANovember 8-9, 2012
Co-host: VISUALIZED Conference
9am @ Times Center, New York, NYMarch 27, 2012
The Importance of Personal Brand in Business
Responsibility and good PR motives
11:30am @ Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, Sugarland, TXOctober 27, 2011
IRL vs. URL: The experience of human connection
2pm @ PRSA PR Day 2011, Reliant Center, Houston, TXSeptember 28, 2011
AIGA Small Talk: Branding and the importance of creative culture in major metros
6pm @ Culture Pilot, Houston, TXSeptember 24, 2011
Attractive business culture
10am @ The Business Makers Radio Show, Houston, TXSeptember 2, 2010
Influence and gamification within design and marketing culture
7pm @ Culture Pilot, Houston, TXDecember 17, 2009
Toys & Games – History, influence and product design predictability
7pm @ Culture Pilot, Houston, TX

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Headquartered in Houston, TX and in flight to everywhere.If you're building something ambitious and need a strategic operator who can both architect the plan and move the pieces forward, let's connect.

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