Prior to joining PSC, Tim was the Staff Director for the Subcommittees on Technology Modernization and Oversight and Investigations on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He was responsible for oversight of VA’s $6 billion IT budget, and IT modernization programs to include Electronic Health Records, Financial Management and Supply Chain. He also worked extensively with industry and VA on a variety of contracting issues covering the vast array of supply and services contracts that VA awards on a yearly basis. From 2009 to 2021 he served as a Level 3 Contracting Officer Representative and Program Manager for Homeland Security Standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. During his time at NIST he served as a Brookings Institute Legis Fellow and Department of Commerce Detail to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee performing financial and contracting oversight and subject matter expertise on homeland security issues for the committee in the 113th and 115th Congresses. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business from the Virginia Military Institute, and lives in Cabin John, Maryland with his wife and their two sons.