Tim Byrne worked in the IT field for twenty-plus years, including stints as a trainer, database administrator and applications manager for large corporate law firms including Hale and Dorr (now WilmerHale), Sherburne, Powers & Needham and Choate Hall & Stewart LLP. In 2012 Tim was looking for an opportunity to apply his technical and other skills to the nonprofit world and found the perfect match in the Unitarian Universalist Association, he retired from that position in 2024.