In Like Tim
Businessman Tim Adams Announces Run For State Senator
By Raoul Dennis // PHOTOGRAPHY RADENN MEDIA GROUP
Some may have seen it as a matter of time before Tim Adams decided to run for a leadership position.
Leadership other than the multi-million dollar business that he founded and runs that employs over 500 people.
Tommie Broadwater speaks of his support for Tim Adams (right).
That time has come as Adams, founder, President and CEO of Systems Application & Technologies, Inc. (SA-TECH), a program management company offering operations and maintenance, logistics, and engineering support services to the Department of Defense, and husband to Judge Sheila R. Adams, throws his hat into the 2018 political race.
“I have been blessed to be here,” said the 22 year resident of Prince George’s at the announcement Oct. 14. “I have been blessed to have family and friends who support me. It’s a blessing to have a company that I can be proud to say every day hundreds of men and women put on my SA-TECH badge. But the blessing doesn’t stop with me. It’s about what we can do for each other and our community. It’s about how much we believe in who we are and what we can accomplish. We have often settled but we don’t have to settle. I want the Prince George’s County and that District 23 that I was told about 20 years ago. I want us to be the dream that we talk about. We have the opportunity to do that.”
Twins Kayla Adams and Timothy Adams Jr.
Adams has long been an active leader in the region. He sits on several boards including the Greater Prince George’s Business Roundtable, Doctors Community Hospital, Prince George’s Community College Foundation, The Maryland Chamber of Commerce and Bowie State University. He has a solid track record in supporting Prince George’s and the region. https://www.sa-techinc.com/sa-tech-about/executive-management/timothy-j-adams.html
Adams and his wife Judge Sheila R. Tillerson-Adams are being honored this year at the annual 2017 Civic Leadership Awards Nov 16. https://www.thecommunityfoundation.org/princegeorges
The campaign announcement, held that the Broadwater Estate in Upper Marlboro, was attended by over 400 county residents, community activists, elected officials and business leaders – a solid turnout for a first-time candidate seeking to unseat Doug Peters, a popular and longstanding senator with a strong track record in Maryland politics.
“I have never been out hustled or out worked at anything in my life and I’m not about to start now,” Adams said of the work required to champion the county’s interests if elected.
Maryland senior statesman and respected county elder Tommie Broadwater has thrown his support toward the Adams bid: “It’s one thing to talk about fighting and another to know how to fight. It’s one thing to fight and another to know when to fight. Tim knows both. I put my faith and trust in him because I know he can do good job. He knows people and he cares for people. He will fight for the issues that concern us.”
