Tim is a Washington, D.C.-based business executive with twenty years of emerging market and public sector experience. Prior to RIN, he worked at the intersection of business, technology and international development at the IBM Corporation. Earlier in his career, Tim helped launch the Millennium Challenge Corporation (U.S. government agency), and directed Africa research at a D.C. think tank. Docking has testified before Congress, written and commented widely in the media, and has helped form and implement policy at the highest levels of government as a White House Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative politics from Boston University.