The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has appointed Tidal “Ty” McCoy II, most recently a principal at Nexfed, as intelligence community chief financial officer.
McCoy announced his appointment at ODNI in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday.
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Who Is Tidal McCoy?
In 2022, McCoy joined strategy consulting firm Nextfed as a vice president. At Nexfed, he led the firm’s intelligence and acquisition strategy practice and played a key role in mergers and acquisitions across the defense and intelligence sectors.
Before Nextfed, he spent more than a decade at the CIA, where he held senior acquisition and contracting roles. During his time at the agency, he served as senior acquisitions adviser to the Transnational and Technology Mission Center and helped manage IC’s relationship with In-Q-Tel and the venture capital community. He also led several acquisition organizations for the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology.
The Virginia Tech finance graduate is also a champion of acquisition reform and innovation.
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