Tom Lyons

Experience

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  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.

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  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.

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  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
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  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.

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  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

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  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.

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  Monterey Institute of International Studies

  Sept 2014 - May 2015

  MA International Environmental Policy
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  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/

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  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).