- Assistant Lead Contracting Officer
As Assistant Lead Contracting Officer, Tim provides mentoring and guidance on award negotiation in accordance with applicable University policies and sponsor requirements/provisions. He also reviews RFPs, processes gifts and grants, and negotiates contracts, subawards, and modifications thereto.
Previously, Tim served as Coordinator of the Master Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2005 through 2023. Tim also was instrumental in developing and administering Penn State’s research administration internship program which began in 2017. This program was featured in a National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Magazine article on Penn State’s partnership with South Hill Business School on recruiting new research administrators. He also was an instructor of the ACES program for many years and has presented at the NCURA national conference.
Tim came to OSP in 1998 as a Negotiator and was promoted to Team Leader/Associate Director in July 2007 where he served in this role until 2023. He is currently in a phased retirement where he continues to support OSP utilizing his many years of experience. Prior to coming to Penn State, Tim worked for HRB Systems (now Raytheon) for 15 years in various roles in Property Inventory, Procurement, Cost Analysis, and Contracts.