Rhodes Hileman
6551 Holly Terrace South
Seattle, Washington, 98118-3439	

206 760 8619
www.SmSys.Com
Rhodes@SmSys.Com

Environmental Research Director 

Distinguished and diverse background with emphasis on environmental action, team development, project management, and technical documentation.  
Team-oriented, insightful management professional with broad technical knowledge, highly developed organizational talents, and collaborative leadership style. 
Articulate communicator with demonstrated ability in issues analysis, writing, editing, and teaching. Capable public speaker and facilitator for working conferences. 
Imaginative and critical thinker, enthusiastic and thorough reader, constantly making connections in technological, business, ecological, and social realms. Acute, engaged, current. 

ENVIRONMENT:
Long term commitment to bioregional sustainability through projects in urban, rural, and wilderness settings. Served as organization director, board member, grant writer, video producer, facilitator, teacher, and promoter, on projects dealing with Salmon habitat restoration, state level political action, environmental education, GIS service for rural valley communities, water pollution recovery from SF Bay, forestry and land use issues.

MANAGEMENT:
Managed technical design teams, public service non-profits, and small enterprises. Managed multiple  interdependent projects, with accurate estimation of project resource needs and duration. Known for patience, organization, good humor. Participated and trained in professional organizational development groups. Facilitated decision-making groups in volunteer, non-profit, and for-profit organizations. 

RESEARCH,  ANALYSIS,  AND WRITING:
ONLINE SAMPLES: 
“Forests are a Community”, published in the Forest Trust Quarterly Report, October 1999, Santa Fe, NM. 
“Mattole Watershed Salmon Support Group”, profile of MWSSG, unpublished.
“Salmon splash in your heart.” Online review of Totem Salmon, by Freeman House. 
Design Methods: seeds of human futures.  Paper on this classic text by John Chris Jones.
“North Coast Biodiversity“ Overview of GIS service agency for rural communities. 
“Choosing a Display Card for OS/2 and Linux“, published in Extended Attributes, the magazine of the OS/2 community. February 1999, Phoenix AZ.  This article, based on substantial research, drew enthusiastic letters from readers. 
“Infotool” Meta-search page, publicly available, used as a starting place for researching the web.
OTHER: 
The Next 200 Years?, Video Circle. Wrote and produced this environmental documentary. 
 “An Agricultural Sufficiency Analysis for the SF Bay Nine County Area”, academic study. 
Co-Intelligence: Moving Toward a Wisdom Culture , by Tom Atlee with Karen Mercer. Served on the editorial team for over two years.
Wrote successful grants for Video Circle and Mattole Watershed Salmon Support Group.
G210X Debugger Manual, Gigaoperations Corp., 1993. Designed, edited, and co-wrote this document.
G2 Development System, Gigaoperations Corp., 1993. Designed, edited, and co-wrote this document.
FaxRush User’s Guide, Zfirm LLC, 1999. Edited, and wrote portions of this document. 
DES , Disk encryption manual, Winner’s Circle Systems, 1983, Designed, wrote, and illustrated. 
COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
Antioch Outdoor Education Center, Array Technologies, Bay Area Open Space Network, Cooskie Ridge Ranch Environmental Center, Crossroads Community - "The Farm", Frisco Bay Mussel Group, Genigraphics GP Systems, GigaOperations Corporation, Mattole Watershed Salmon Support Group, North Coast Biodiversity, Otter Lake Conservation School, Pollution Recovery Systems, Small Systems Company, UltraCAD Design, Video Circle, ZfirmLLC. 
EDUCATION:
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio;  B.A. Degree  in Bioregional Design
North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington;  Network Administration
SOFTWARE:
Familiar with publishing and database software, and writing for the web. For complete software list, see www.smsys.com/res/software.html
VOLUNTEER:
Coordinator for the system administrators at the all-volunteer Seattle Community Network.
Consulting for Thornton Creek Alliance, Seattle.
Volunteer at Crossroads Community, San Francisco. 
Volunteer, and intellectual contributor, at  Planet Drum in its early years.