Professional Highlights for Trekker: Timothy W. Gerth Activities of Interest: Developer / Facilitator / Educator for leading-edge, altruistic Projects Catalyst for Directing Change and Bringing out Creative Qualities / 'Finding the Gems' Professional Activities: Founder and Director of BaseCamp Solstice - Seattle 1993 - Manage a vast array of low-key, pie-in-the-sky, community-based projects Assist development of Native American awareness programs and documentary projects Develop UN Reform Project for presentation to World Economic Forum Build multi-million dollar, tech-based investment portfolios to fund projects of BaseCamp Solstice Design and present unconventional public workshops that simplify current, yet age-old issues Identify, observe, understand, evaluate and empower outliers to break feedback loops Undertook extended-stay fact-finding mission to Russia (in Winter) to assess Legal/Monetary Systems Responded to call by Secy Genl Kofi Annan for "radical" recommendations on UN Reform Launched intensive 'Elder' project as base to college-level Course in Ethics Participated in creating the first NW arm of the World Social Forum Edited books (sci-fi / fantasy) now in publication Used carpentry skills to build near impossible modifications to home (i like working with my hands) Designed and wrote website for BaseCamp Solstice (incomplete - always under construction) Microsoft - Redmond 1990 - 1993 International Software Test Engineer Launched a company-wide program that examined the issues of the day and our role in them. ACNielsen - Florida 1985 - 1990 Micro Project Coordinator Participated on development team to create PC based programs for television cable networks TWIA - NY / Zurich 1982 - 1985 Self-employed Investment Manager/Researcher Developed numerous state-of-the-art investment strategies while pursuing educational endeavors DLJ - New York 1981 - 1982 Account Clerk Reconciled all open interest accounts within the daily SEC based time frame Educational Pursuits: New York University - International Investments and Financial Accounting 1982 (Presented lecture on leading edge quanting techniques for use in hedging strategies.) Syracuse University - the basic college curriculum 1979 Other Special Interests: Climbing/Biking to reinvigorate senses, traveling to broaden understandings, reading to gain new insights, art collecting to support artists, politicking to better understand the human psyche… bcs.marmots@earthlink.net An optimistic seeker of peace and the fulfillment of the human potential BaseCamp Solstice - Bringing the UN Home A Community Participatory Education Program www.BaseCampSolstice.info