Tim Woods

Experience

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  US Army

  Dec 1989 - Apr 1992

  Specialist

  Fire Support Specialist 13F - Indirect fire from artillery, mortars, helicopters and fixed wing air craft.

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  H & G Internet Solutions

  May 1997 - Dec 1997

  Owner

  H & G Internet Solutions was a small started I was part owner of with 2 other friends from college. We created the company and built the first website for Memorex, www.memorex.com. We employed the principles of 3rd generation website design for Memorex. This is when website became very graphical and this generation of website use themes or concepts to greatly influence the design of the website. Our company didn't last long but we completed the project and decided to move in our own directions.

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  Internet Exchange International

  Dec 1997 - Nov 1998

  Web Developer

  Served as the lead developer for all client web projects in a team environment. Client accounts: Toshiba America, Toshiba Disk Products Division, Toshiba Telecommunications Systems Division, Toshiba Image Systems Division, DVD Forum, Canon, Xircom, NEC, Koll Development Company, and NAIOP.

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  USA WEEKEND Magazine

  Nov 1998 - Aug 2000

  Web Master

  I worked as the primary web developer/Webmaster of USA Weekend and technical advisor to the Publisher and CEO. I redesign the website early on to incorporate more advertising and a greater connection to the print magazine. This resulted in a massive increase in ad revenue and greater conversion rates.

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  VeriSign

  Aug 2000 - Oct 2002

  Web Developer

  I was hired during the acquisition of Network Solutions by VeriSign and worked in the Corporate Communications group developing the main public website and the company intranet. The primary technologies we used to create the website were a combination ColdFusion and Oracle.

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  America Online

  Jul 2003 - Oct 2004

  Product Manager

  new system users, assisted in the creation of new alerts, and alert debugging. Part of a larger team to generate the new requirements documentation for the next version of the product, on AOL’s next content platform code named Big Bowl.

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  Base One Technologies

  Dec 2004 - Oct 2005

  Senior User Interface Developer

  I designed from the ground up a web based e-learning courseware system for a post 9/11 Department of Defense project. A completed system of web based templates and workflows was delivered to the client and implemented by a separate software development team.

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  COMSO, Inc.

  May 2006 - Jun 2008

  Sr. Technical Analysts

  As a contractor I was a senior technical analyst for the Biological Informatics Program (NBII) of USGS. Project manager for redesign of the USGS Status and Trends of Biological Resources web application project. Created several Web sites for the Invasive species programs. Served as member of the USGS Web Advisory Group, Search engine replacement team.

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  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

  Jun 2008 - now

  I lead a special project created by the USGS’s Directors Office to totally transform the massive USGS web presence. The challenge was to consolidate over 400 public facing website, representing hundreds of thousands of web pages, files, and multimedia into a single cloud hosted platform that serves as the focal point for the distribution of all USGS science, data and information. The award winning resulting platform is single most connected information system the USGS has ever had in its 25 year plus web history. As the project lead I had to work and perform tasks across the following disciplines:Technical Solutions Architect – Everything was created in the AWS cloud. I directed the design and development of all systems to maximize a serverless services based architectures and control costs.Information Architect – I worked with stakeholder across the organization to understand and define multiple strategies to organize, structure and reuse content data and information in way that meets USGS and DOI communication directives and policies.Spokesperson – Serving as the face of the project required interacted with hundreds of USGS staff and all levels of management and keep everyone informed about the project, its goals, direction, status, challenges, and accomplishments.Contract Officer Technical Representative (COR) – During the life of this project, I worked with multiple award vehicles to direct and the technical development of platform and its subsystems. This included leading procurements, evaluating offers and writing orders. Project Manager – The sheer scale of the project required an agile approach employing ture DevOps based code deployments to constantly deliver new functionality .Manager and Mentor – During the project I had the pleasure to help team members grow in their respective areas of expertise and foster a culture of dedication to mission and support of one another. Show less

  • Digital Services Chief, Office of Communications and Publishing, USGS

    Oct 2019 - now

  • Program Manager, USGS Web Reengineering

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2019

  • Technical Information Specialist - NBII

    Jun 2008 - Dec 2010
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  Tactics & Targets, LLC

  Aug 2013 - Jan 2018

  Owner

  I put my Army skills back to work and started a firearms safety training business.