A native Texan, Tim graduated from Rice University in 2001 and began his career in the United States Navy as a Submarine Warfare Officer. He spent twelve years on active duty, serving in a variety of leadership roles both at sea and ashore. During his Navy career, Tim successfully led large teams and managed several high-energy system quality assurance and control programs including Submarine Safety, Nuclear Propulsion maintenance, Reactor Plant Chemistry and Radiological Controls, and Nuclear Weapons quality assurance for submarine launched ballistic missiles. He earned his MBA from the Naval Postgraduate School in 2008.

Tim hired on with NOV in 2013 as a project manager with the Subsea Blowout Preventer product line and served in a variety of in Project, Program, and Quality Management roles.  He has also served as Manufacturing Operations Director in the Intervention & Stimulation business unit and in several Data & Analytics roles within the NOV Corporate group.

He presently serves as the Director for Regulatory & Public Affairs for NOV Shepherd Power. In this role he leads Shepherd Power’s regulatory engagement and modernization efforts with the US NRC, state and local leaders, and other public stakeholders.