Tim Kary

Tim is a retired IT and Human Capital Management (HCM) consultant and member of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra (trumpet). Tim has a long history of musical performance starting early with piano and then transitioning to trumpet in junior high school and playing through high school and into university. Post graduation Tim decided that a trumpet was not an apartment friendly instrument and started playing the flute much to his neighbors’ relief. A hiatus of more than twenty years followed until Tim and his wife relocated from Calgary, Canada to Plano, Texas where a co-worker encouraged him to pick up his trumpet and join the Plano Community Band in 2001. Tim also served on the band’s Board of Directors for eight years holding positions of Treasurer, Vice President, and President. Just prior to retirement another relocation brought Tim and his wife to southwest Florida. Tim met an enthusiastic former music educator, and future dear friend, who introduced him to the Naples Orchestra and Chorus, the Bonita Springs Concert Band (with whom he still plays), and then the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. He has served on the Boards of the Naples Orchestra and Chorus and the Bonita Springs Concert Band in multiple roles and is delighted to join the Board of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra as an orchestra member and representative.

After graduating from the University of Calgary with a degree in Education, focused on biological sciences, Tim started his career as a pilot flying charter fixed-wing and helicopter in Canada as well as an instructor in helicopter training. He later joined his family’s business in the oil and gas sector in Calgary serving as the Chief Administrative Officer in charge of IT, HR, and Finance for multiple companies in Canada and the United States. Following additional IT Management training Tim was offered a position with Perot Systems in Dallas, Texas and jumped at the opportunity to relocate to a warmer climate. Tim started in a business process automation and application group and transitioned to the HR Team where he served as the Director of HR Operations and eventually Director of HR. A transition to the global M&A team followed where he was the HR lead on the acquisition pursuit of four companies and also served as the VP of HR for two acquisitions in India. After eleven years with Perot Systems Tim became an independent consultant serving clients in banking, healthcare, and the National Academies and was then recruited to a large IT consulting firm, Infosys, where he worked primarily as an HCM consultant with various multinational banks and financial organizations in New York, London, Frankfurt, and Singapore until his retirement in 2014.

Tim refers to his participation in various bands and orchestras as his retirement job and pursues it with the passion of a career. Always looking for new opportunities to further his music knowledge and performance, he studied under David Dash, formerly of the Naples Philharmonic, for four years. Tim also started playing the guitar in 2019 and now plays the occasional gig.