Tom Lyons

Tom Lyons

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  • About me

    Enviro Data & Policy Wiz. GIS Pro. CSR expert. Here to advance clean water/air & climate change mitigation/adaptation.

  • Education

    • ESRI

      2008 - 2010
      GIS Certificate Spatial Analyst; Geodatabases; Hydrologic Modeling; Workflows/Analysis; Cartographic Communications
    • Harwood Union High School

      1998 - 2002

      Valedictorian

    • Monterey Institute of International Studies

      2014 - 2015
      Masters of International Environmental Policy International Environmental Policy
    • Brown University

      2002 - 2006
      B.A. - with Honors Environmental Studies 3.9 GPA
  • Experience

    • World Wildlife Fund

      Jun 2005 - Aug 2005
      Researcher

      • Led collaborative sustainable development research with WWF West African Marine Ecoregion (WAMER) and Brown in Senegal. Developed assessment model measuring effectiveness/feasibility of MPAs in coastal fisheries. Grant-funded research; conducted in French.

    • Fox Point Community Garden

      May 2006 - Sept 2006
      Manager

      • Designer/manager of new organic community garden for 100 members of the Fox Point community of Providence, RI. Designed spatial layout of garden, recruited members, organized community events, tended compost, taught organic gardening workshops, and coordinated funding and spending with city agencies.

    • California Coastkeeper Alliance

      Sept 2007 - Jan 2011

      • Developed groundbreaking online “Severely Polluted Waters” maps and a corresponding community-based workshop initiative that empowers citizens and policymakers to use EPA’s 303(d)-listing and TMDL processes to mandate the cleanup of impaired waterways.• Advocated for a strong coastal network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in California.• Created many online GIS maps driving policy change, including: groundwater contamination plumes, coastal discharges into Areas of Special Biological Significance, and barriers to anadromous fish passage. Show less

      • Policy and GIS Analyst

        Oct 2008 - Jan 2011
      • Program Coordinator

        Sept 2007 - Oct 2008
    • Suntech

      Jun 2011 - Oct 2011
      Analyst

      • Developed and maintained market forecasting analytics to predict price, supply, and demand for panels based on reports of top energy analysts, investment banks, and policy experts.• Designed firewalled Wiki to safely increase global efficiency of information sharing among staff.• Integrated regional sales teams into Salesforce CRM.

    • Environmental Integrity Project

      Mar 2012 - Oct 2013
      Research and Data Analyst

      • Performed extensive data analysis to examine nutrient loading from all municipal and industrial Chesapeake Bay dischargers for report on illegal discharges. See report: http://bit.ly/1rLAyMf• Streamlined system of data scrapers and complex Excel analysis to compile and analyze data from all major sources of air pollution in Texas, compiling the first-ever publicly-available comprehensive database.• Analyzed well data from EPA study at PA fracking site to link drinking water toxicity to fracking and petition EPA for addition of the industry to the Toxics Release Inventory.• Compiled, cleaned and analyzed four years worth of well data to track groundwater contamination at coal ash disposal sites around the country, powering the creation of www.ashtracker.org. Show less

    • Lyons Design and Build, LLC

      Jan 2014 - now
      Lead Carpenter and General Contractor

      Residential and Commercial Design & Build specialized on the transformation of interior spaces with reclaimed materials, and locally-sourced wood. Residential remodels: decks, fences, kitchens, etc.

    • Monterey Institute of International Studies

      Sept 2014 - May 2015
      MA International Environmental Policy
    • Sugarbush Resort

      Oct 2015 - Apr 2016
      Snow Reporter

      Monitoring and reporting snow and weather. Digital media editor producing daily ski videos. Prominent role in management of mountain operations, including daily briefings with the Owner and the heads of each department to determine the following day's marketing, safety, trail access, snowmaking, grooming, outreach and reporting.www.sugarbush.com/mountain/snow-report/

    • Hugg-A-Planet

      May 2016 - now
      Web Developer, Mapper, Cross-platform Sales Analyst

      To revitalize business and boost sales, I've spearheaded launching Hugg-A-Planet into cross-media advertising with Facebook, Instagram, Ebay, and I am building our new home-base online store (currently in development, beta version linked below).

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • GIS Professional

      Environmental Systems Resource Institute