Timothy J. Clayton

Mr. Timothy Tim J. Clayton was appointed as the Deputy Component Acquisition Executive in February 2018. He is tasked with planning and leading acquisition workforce development and certification in NGA in addition to developing acquisition policy and supporting oversight of the agencys acquisitions, with specific emphasis on programs categorized by the DNI and DoD as Major System Acquisitions or Special Interest Acquisitions. He is a member of the DoD Acquisition Corps and certified in Program Management. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Clayton served as a Senior Inspector, Office of the Inspector General, NGA. As Senior Inspector he led annual IG planning activities, developed and executed inspections on a broad range of topical issues. Notably, Mr. Clayton led inspections and produced reports related to the NGA Acquisition function, the Office of Small Business Programs, NGA Human Capital Planning, the NGA Policy Program, Safety of Navigation, NGA Insider Threat Program and several Intelligence Oversight inspections that resulted in tangible efforts and remediation of identified areas of waste, fraud and abuse by NGA. He also led NGAs presidential transition effort in 2016 while also performing his duties in the IG. From 2010-2014 Mr. Clayton served as the Director of the Human Capital Management Office for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence [OUSD (I)]. In this position, he led the Defense Intelligence Community in the development, implementation, and operations of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). He also was designated as the Senior Language Authority for Defense Intelligence and oversaw training and education policies and programs that sought to instantiate a mission-ready work force for the Defense Intelligence Community. Previously, Mr. Clayton was the Chief of Staff for the USD (I) and the Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy, USD (I). As the Chief of Staff, he established an Executive Secretariat, transitioned the OUSD (I) work force to DCIPS, and supported the standup of the Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Task Force with critical infrastructure planning. As the Special Assistant, he led special projects, integrated staff activities and provided unbiased and professional advice on complex intelligence and administrative issues to both the Principal Deputy and USD (I). He was the USD (I) lead to the IC and DOD Presidential transition teams in 2008. Mr. Clayton began his Federal and intelligence service in 1985 with the Defense Mapping Agency. He held numerous positions in DMA and its subsequent organizational entities, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), including leadership positions as a Senior Systems Engineer developing the United States Imagery and Geospatial System. Following a developmental assignment on the Joint Staff, J5, as a Political and Military Planner (2000 to 2001), Mr. Clayton returned to NIMA and became a recognized June 4, 2018 y ( ), y g leader in that agencys customer outreach efforts and functional management responsibilities. In 2005 he was selected to lead NGAs Customer Outreach, Policy, Strategy and Doctrine Division and worked across the defense and intelligence communities to establish the foundational policy and doctrinal publications that created the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence. Mr. Clayton earned a bachelors degree in geology from the State University of New York (Oneonta), a masters in geology from the University of Massachusetts, and a masters in computer science from the University of Maryland. He has completed additional course work in national security through Georgetown University.