Darrell Tesmer

Presently, Darrell is responsible for new corporate opportunities and strategic partnerships; management and negotiation of company contracts and agreements; corporate financial planning and reporting; cash, investment and treasury management; tax planning, administration and compliance; and corporate IT and Human Resources.

Darrell is a member of vcfo’s Board of Directors and previously served as VP of Finance and Administration and as a Consulting CFO to a wide variety of vcfo clients, including those in the following industries and sectors: software, computer and device hardware, CAPCO, biotechnology, not-for profit entities such as family foundations, private schools and community foundations, fabless semi-conductor and technology and life science licensing businesses. Darrell also serves as Fund Manager for vcfo’s private equity fund and has consulted with several vcfo venture capital clients.

As a function of his COO duties, Darrell designed the company’s current back-office data processing and reporting systems. He is the system administrator of the company’s ERP systems and manager of the company’s intranet and employee portal technology. Darrell is an expert Excel user and has designed for clients numerous multi-period and multi-dimensional financial models, many successfully used to raise capital.

Prior to vcfo, Darrell was the Finance Manager of Amnex, Inc. where he assisted in the integration and transition of an acquired company, Capital Network System, Inc. Earlier in his career, Darrell was a Financial Analyst and Staff Accountant for The Clorox Company in Oakland, California.

Darrell received a BBA Degree in Finance and Honors Business and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves as Texas State Treasurer of TeXchange and is a member of the Central Texas Regional Center for Innovation & Commercialization (RCIC).