Reaching the Fairway

Of the thousands

But Tim Vigotsky is.

Vigotsky, who retired on Oct. 1 after 25 years in government and 15 years in the Senior Executive Service, is a legitimate contender for the handful of spots that come available each year on the senior golf tour, where the 50 top money-winners earn well north of $300,000 a year.

Vigotsky, who just turned 50, had an impressive run in federal service. For the past seven years, he led the Interior Department's National Business Center, the largest administrative services contracting operation in government. The center increased annual revenues from $20 million to $i billion under his leadership, and now has 1,100 employees in seven lines of business. That's an interesting story, and as it turns out, it's one that Shane Harris, our technology editor, wrote about in our Oct. 15 issue ("Tough Business").