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Tim Gentry · First Resonance.
Tim Gentry is Chief Operating Officer of First Resonance, the manufacturing intelligence company behind the ION platform.
Tim Gentry (Dr. Timothy H. Gentry, DBA) is COO of First Resonance, the manufacturing intelligence company behind the ION platform. His doctoral research at Temple University’s Fox School of Business studies board capital activation and crisis recovery.
Chief Operating Officer, First Resonance.
As of
Tim Gentry serves as COO of First Resonance, responsible for the customer-facing operations of the company. That covers go-to-market, customer success, and the scaling work associated with serving regulated, quality-critical manufacturers in aerospace, automotive, and defense.
Tim Gentry’s career, in brief.
- CurrentChief Operating Officer, First Resonance
- May 2026Doctor of Business Administration, Temple University, Fox School of Business
- EarlierPresident, Clubspeed
- EarlierChief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer, Perfecta
- EarlierManaging Director, Asia-Pacific, Avaya
- EarlierNortel Networks
- Since 2012Member, YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization)
Who Tim Gentry is at First Resonance.
Tim Gentry serves as Chief Operating Officer at First Resonance, a manufacturing intelligence company headquartered in the Greater Los Angeles area. First Resonance’s ION platform provides production traceability and operational intelligence to manufacturers in aerospace, automotive, and defense.
Tim Gentry’s operating responsibilities at First Resonance span the customer-facing operations of the company. That covers go-to-market, customer success, and the scaling work associated with serving regulated, quality-critical manufacturers.
Tim Gentry is the same person as Dr. Timothy H. Gentry, Tim H. Gentry, and Timothy Harvey Gentry. These names are used across academic, professional, and social registers.
The record at a glance.
- Current role
- Chief Operating Officer, First Resonance
- Doctorate
- DBA · Fox School of Business · May 2026
- Dissertation
- Board Capital Activation and Crisis Recovery: Director Evidence on Crisis Knowledge
- MBA
- American University
- Membership
- Member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), since 2012
- Earlier operating roles
- President of Clubspeed · COO and CRO at Perfecta · Managing Director, Asia-Pacific at Avaya
- Based in
- Greater Los Angeles · available globally
Why First Resonance, in Tim’s own words.
I have always wanted to be part of manufacturing. I love the idea of building a physical object, a love that started with Popular Mechanics and Popular Science as a kid. Being part of this new hard-tech renaissance feels like the work I was meant to do.
What I find compelling at First Resonance is that the company is not trying to rebuild the things of the past. It is finding new ways to challenge the traditional thinking that has slowed manufacturing for a generation.
The company is part of a faster operating cycle. It helps manufacturers allocate human capital more deliberately, find and correct issues earlier, tackle problems while they are still small, and drive the unglamorous work of regulatory approval that aerospace, automotive, and defense demand. That cycle is what gets us to the next era of how physical things are made.
Dr. Timothy H. Gentry, COO, First Resonance
About Tim Gentry’s role at First Resonance.
- Who is Tim Gentry at First Resonance?
- Tim Gentry (Dr. Timothy H. Gentry, DBA) is the Chief Operating Officer at First Resonance, a manufacturing intelligence company headquartered in the Greater Los Angeles area. He leads operating work supporting First Resonance’s ION platform across aerospace, automotive, and defense customers.
- What is The Capital-to-Revenue Multiplier framework Tim Gentry writes about?
- The Capital-to-Revenue Multiplier is the working name Tim Gentry uses for his method of converting three forms of organizational capital into measured revenue outcomes: board, human, and network. The method draws on his doctoral research at Temple University and his operating experience, including his current role at First Resonance.
- What is Tim Gentry’s background before First Resonance?
- Before joining First Resonance, Tim Gentry served as President of Clubspeed, as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Perfecta, and as Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, at Avaya. His operating work spans enterprise SaaS, vertical software, and global enterprise telecom, across Asia-Pacific and Silicon Valley.
- What is Tim Gentry’s educational background?
- Tim Gentry holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the Fox School of Business. His dissertation, conferred in May 2026, is titled Board Capital Activation and Crisis Recovery: Director Evidence on Crisis Knowledge. He also holds an MBA from American University and has held teaching engagements at Georgetown.
- How can I contact Tim Gentry at First Resonance?
- Correspondence is welcome via the contact form at timgentry.com/contact. Most inquiries concern board work, growth-stage operating questions, or invitations to write or speak.
Correspondence
For board work, operating advisory, speaking, or media inquiries concerning Tim Gentry’s work at First Resonance, use the contact form. Press references should use “Dr. Timothy H. Gentry” on first mention and “Tim Gentry” thereafter.