Tim Denning

Dr. Tim Denning is a seasoned GovCon growth and operations executive, experienced venture investor and accomplished academic who has led organizations in achieving their strategic goals. He has a strong servant-leader, service-oriented approach and experience leading both large organizations and small teams.  He possesses extensive experience in Federal and State level contracting and is a corporate development, strategy, business development, contracting, venture investing, and fundraising expert.  Tim has led and been a critical part of teams that have closed many deals, winning billions of dollars in contract value and has supported nearly $2B of M&A transactions. 

Currently, Tim is the Vice President of Ultratech Capital Partners, a Damazein company.  Ultratech provides flexible capital to innovative technology enterprises developing software, systems, and processes deemed essential for long term national security, that solve key generational challenges and are highly transferrable across multiple sectors.

Tim completed his Doctoral studies in Public Administration at West Chester University in PA, with a focus on technology and services acquisition within the US DoD, and is a member of the Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society.  He has an MA cert in Contracts and Procurement Management from the University of Virginia. He earned an MBA in Finance and MA in Political Science, as a Community Fellow, from Lehigh University, as well as a BA in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University.  

Tim is engaged in a variety of service-oriented endeavors.  His service to the nation includes his Commission as a US Naval Reserve Supply Officer where he is the Administrative Officer and Training Officer for the Naval Reserve Command Naval Air Forces (CNAL) unit in Norfolk, VA.  He is a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and serves on Lehigh University’s MBA Council, which works with the Dean and the administration of the College of Business to enhance the MBA program. Tim is also on the Board of PathForward (formerly A-SPAN) serving as Chairman, the Board of the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA) as Chair of the Development Committee, and NSL4A’s Steering Committee serving as Executive Director.

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