Trump nominates David Cummins to move the TSA after a rocky interval for the company – Boston Information, Climate, Sports activities

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated David Cummins to move the Transportation Safety Administration — which has had a rocky few months as staff went with out paychecks and safety strains grew lengthy at airports throughout the nation.

Cummins, who labored as a senior vp at Serco, a authorities contractor that works with native and federal companies, would take over a TSA bruised by the longest partial authorities shutdown in historical past which ended late final month.

In periods of the shutdown, staff on the TSA, at present overseen by performing administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill, went with out pay, hundreds didn’t present as much as work and a whole lot give up totally. It left vacationers pissed off over delays and missed flights and politicians pointed fingers over who was accountable for shutting down the Division of Homeland Safety.

Cummins has expertise in transportation at Serco, and says on a LinkedIn profile, which seems to have been taken down, that he was co-awarded a “dozen patents in transportation techniques.” His profile additionally touted that he was the director of operations for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2002.

A spokesperson for Serco didn’t instantly return a request for remark from Cummins.