105-68.995—Principal.
        
            Principal means—
    
    
        
        (a) 
         An officer, director, owner, partner, principal investigator, or other person within a participant with management or supervisory responsibilities related to a covered transaction; or
    
    
        
        (b) 
         A consultant or other person, whether or not employed by the participant or paid with Federal funds, who—
    
    
    
    
        
        (3) 
         Occupies a technical or professional position capable of substantially influencing the development or outcome of an activity required to perform the covered transaction.