Tim is Executive Vice President of Operations and responsible for coordinating the activities of Field Operations, People, Corporate Communications, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Innovation & Design, and Restaurant Development. Tim began his career at Chick-fil-A in 1977 as a restaurant team member and joined the home office staff as a business consultant in 1983. In 1985 when Chick-fil-A initiated the move from a Mall restaurant concept to the development of a new Free-Standing Unit concept, Tim was assigned the development responsibilities. When the Free-Standing Unit concept was merged with Mall operations in 1990, Tim was assigned as a Director in Operations. In 1995 he was then appointed Vice President, Field Operations and in 1996 he became a member of the Executive Committee. In 1999 Tim was appointed to Senior Vice President of Operations and in 2012 became Executive Vice President of Operations.