Tim Smith
Senior Associate – West & Pacific Northwest
Cayucos, CA
Tim Smith
Senior Associate – West & Pacific Northwest
Cayucos, CA
Tim has spent most of his career working in the Newspaper industry. For the last 30 years he has served in a variety of roles stemming from a Local Retail Display Salesperson, Western Territory Manager, National Sales Manger, Local Display Manager, Vice President of Sales, General Manager and Publisher. Most recently, Tim served as Publisher of The News Review in Roseburg Oregon where he managed the purchase of the paper by Lotus Media Group, LLC.
Tim’s past work experience includes time with Morris Multimedia, Scripps League, MultiAd Services, Ottoway Newspapers, Swift Communications and Brooke Communications. He also served on a variety of community business boards providing technical assistance in advertising and marketing. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Newspaper Publisher Association.
In 2019, Tim and his wife Janet returned to their roots in California, settling on the Central Coast residing in the town of Cayucos.
John joined W.B. Grimes in 2011 to run the Global Media, Events & Information Services Group, which has had excellent growth under his tenure, branching out into new regions and more diverse businesses. Under John, the Global Media Events & Information Services client list grew to include many more sellside and buyside retainer clients than the group had ever had in its history. John brings 30 plus years of strategy, business development experience in the global media, events and online services industries, holding positions such as Senior VP of Thomson Financial, (where he grew revenues from $30m to $90m in six years) Senior VP at the Fair Disclosure Financial Network (which grew from zero to $2m in 18 months under his tenure) and various positions early in his career at Dow Jones/Factiva. John has run global strategy, business development and sales/marketing functions in both large and small organizations, including managing international staff. As the new owner of Grimes, McGovern & Associates, John looks forward to continuing the tradition the Grimes family started of helping small to medium sized business owners grow their businesses, and exit at the right time at the best price. John is an avid tennis player, foodie and movie buff (especially spy movies).