Tim Taich has over 25 years of experience as an attorney in Silicon Valley, including serving as General Counsel for Activant Solutions. He is seeking a new role as General Counsel or Legal Executive for a high-growth technology company. Tim has extensive experience handling a wide range of legal issues for startups, mid-size companies, and Fortune 500 firms. He has a proven track record of closing major transactions, building high-performing legal teams, and providing strategic guidance to technology businesses.

1. Enabling business success through sound thought leadership and solid
TIMOTHY (TIM) TAICH judgment, tempered by 25 years of legal practice and business experience.
“Tim was a terrific GC for Activant, a solid Seeking role as General Counsel of high growth technology
executive and manager, an incredibly hard worker, company, or Legal Executive for a technology enterprise.
and an essential contributor to our success.”
- Pervez Qureshi, CEO, Activant Solutions , now Epicor SPECIAL SKILLS
Software Corporation
• Silicon Valley attorney with over 25 years experience, start-up, mid
“Tim has all the right instincts as a savvy size, Fortune 500; Private practice, in-house, senior executive.
business lawyer and General Counsel, showing
• Handled full spectrum of legal issues, including corporate
superb judgment and mature leadership, time
governance, SEC, M&A, IP, Licensing & Commercial Transactions,
and time again.”
Strategic Partnering and Globalization, Credit Financing & Venture
- Diane Frankle, Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP Capital; Employment & Employee Benefits, Litigation, International,
Antitrust, Regulatory, Privacy, Immigration, Export/Import, Tax.
“Tim is very good as a General Counsel – striking
the right balance of management oversight,
strategic guidance, substantive knowledge and SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
detailed, insightful review.” • Closed $890M sale of Activant to Apax Partners and combination
- Stellman Keehnel, Partner, DLA Piper (US) LLP with Epicor, $175M registration of Senior Subordinated Notes, $100M
purchase of Eclipse business from Intuit, and $12M disposition of
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Speedware business via management buyout.
• As General Counsel, built and led Activant legal department,
VP, General Counsel & Secretary,
supporting $380m business with 1,700 employees, establishing
Activant Solutions Inc., Livermore, CA 2006 – 2011
processes and hiring personnel, enabling high quality, efficient and
Acting GC, Assoc. GC, and IP Trans. Counsel, cost effective services across routine to strategic matters.
Maxtor Corp., Milpitas, CA 2001 – 2006 • Extensive experience with strategic, investment, channel, sale,
Director, Business Development service, licensing, alliance, consortia, outsourcing, manufacturing,
Xtreme Spectrum, Mountain View, CA 2001 procurement, leasing and other transactions.
• Completed disposition of OpenERP business for Activant, innovative
General Partner and Founder pre-acquisition close of China factory build-out for Maxtor,
WingSpring Ventures, Palo Alto, CA 1999 – 2001 groundbreaking JV in India, complex marketing participation
Principal arrangement with DisneyQuest, and sale of Atalla business unit for
Palo Alto Ventures, Palo Alto, CA 1998 – 1999 Tandem, numerous venture and corporate investments, and game
changing alliance for Triad.
Senior Counsel
Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA 1997 – 1998 • Successful defense of multimillion dollar litigations, including lawsuit
brought by JV (defeating all claims and recovering legal fees), IP
Corporate Legal Counsel indemnification claim by purchaser of disposed business (settling for
Triad Systems Corp., Livermore, CA 1991 – 1997 small fraction of the original claim), and successful IP infringement
Associate prosecution/antitrust defense against former Triad service employees.
Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper US LLP), • Built patent team and led invention harvesting for blitz of well over
Palo Alto, CA 1986 – 1991 100 new patent applications, adding significant value to Maxtor and its
IP portfolio.
• Developed robust sales, license and support master customer
templates which have supported several billion dollars of sales and
services, and mitigated risk, over many years for Activant.
• Envisioned and led student technology law initiative at UC Berkeley,
TRIAD® establishing High Technology Law Journal (founding EIC), which
blossomed into the highly regarded Center for the Study of
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS Technology and Law.
UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA J.D. 1986
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO B.S. Business 1979 ttaich@pacbell.net 834 Hanover Avenue
Member, California Bar 1986
CONTACT 408. 892. 3462 Sunnyvale, CA 94087