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Tim Trautmann

Tim Trautmann

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A working photographer based in Portland, Oregon.

Founder at Gifthood Community

Portland, Oregon, US🇺🇸
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Tim makes photographs that go beyond looking good — they capture the energy of a moment, the character behind a face, the quiet story a landscape is telling.His work spans portraits, editorial, and commercial photography. The approach is always the same: find what makes an image actually say something.He works collaboratively — takes time to understand the vision before picking up a camera, and can help with creative direction, location scouting, and talent sourcing when a project calls for it.He's worked with clients across finance, tech, health, apparel, and e-commerce. Originally from western Germany, Tim has called the United States home for 30 years. Fluent in German, English, and Portuguese — and conversant in Spanish — he's a natural fit for international assignments.Portland-based. Available worldwide.

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Career: 13

Founder

Gifthood Community

Volunteer · Portland, Oregon, US

May 2026 - Present

Founder and developer of Gifthood, a decentralized gifting-community app on the AT Protocol. After 25 years in software and a chapter behind the camera, a return to building - open standards, no paywalls, no lock-in, with neighbors helping neighbors at the center.

TypeScriptDockerReactProject ManagementSystems DesignResearchUX DesignOpen SourceAT ProtocolTailwind CSSAffinity DesignerAffinity PhotoCapture OneOAuthHTMLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Shell ScriptingLinuxNonprofitsProduct DevelopmentGraphic DesignUI DesignWeb DesignWeb DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringQuality AssuranceData IntegrityData Visualization

Principal Photographer

Tim Trautmann Photography

1995 - Present

Commercial photographer serving private and commercial clients in the areas of advertising, editorial, fashion, music, portrait, and fine-art photography.

Chapter President

ASMP Oregon

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024

Oregon chapter President of the American Society of Media Photographers

Owner

Media Asset LLC

Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

Providing still and motion image solutions to clients of all sizes.

iOS Engineer

Simple Finance

Jul 2016 - Aug 2019

I am part of the mobile team working on new features for Simple's online banking app. I work on all layers of the app from networking code, creating custom controls, to creating new controllers for a new process or flow.

Senior Software Engineer

WalmartLabs Mobile

Feb 2013 - Jul 2016

Senior Software Engineer in the WalmartLabs mobile team developing iOS applications for Walmart, Sam's Club and ASDA Stores Ltd.

Owner/Developer

Foorama LLC

Aug 2006 - Jan 2013

Developed and deployed Ruby on Rails and php web applications for customers in travel, aviation, broadcasting, education and agriculture. Self published iOS application: 
http://arrivaltrackerapp.com/

Regional Sales Analyst

Lufthansa Group

Jan 2003 - Aug 2006

Responsible for sales analysis for Lufthansa’s passenger airline business in the western United States. Supported a distributed sales team with timely detailed sales reporting and contract modeling. Administered corporate and retail contracts. Analyzed and monitored booking trends, market shares, pricing, yield and revenue. Regularly briefed management team on sales trends and market share developments.

Consultant

Trautmann Consulting

Nov 2001 - Jan 2003

Independent Information technology consultant. Built dynamic websites in Apple WebObjects. Administered and cared for customers’ computer networks and servers. Hosted customers’ websites on own server. Developed and independently sold OS X shareware program.

Software Engineer

CNET Networks, Inc.

Aug 1999 - Sep 2001

Site engineer for download.com, gamecenter.com and gamespot.com. Launched new websites, created customized reporting software for traffic analysis, developed new data entry tools for content management staff. Participated in internationalization projects to prepare company to launch product in global markets. Interviewed prospective new-hires. Acted as mentor to junior team members.

Technical Support Engineer

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Jun 1998 - Aug 1999

Provided technical telephone support to SGI customers in North America and Brazil. Assisted customers with mission critical applications supercomputing applications. Analyzed and resolved customer technical problems. Informed and assisted customers with system software maintenance. Conducted training for field office staff in São Paulo on customer relationship management and call center software.

Programmer Analyst

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Feb 1997 - Jun 1998

Was part of a team of programmers that implemented Intranet and Internet applications for purchasing, accounts payable, and payroll departments. These were among the first web based online transaction processing applications in the world.

Systems Engineer

Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Jun 1995 - Feb 1997

Collaborated with sales representatives in sales activities. Demonstrated and explained high performance visualization computer systems to prospect clients. Created custom demonstration software that showcased SGI soft- and hardware in client's environment. Maintained customer relationship with existing clients by regular on-site visits providing follow-up advice and service.

Skills: 67

Technical

AT ProtocolCCocoaCSSData IntegrityDistributed SystemsDockerHTML
iOSiOS developmentiPhoneJavaScriptjQueryJSONLinuxMac OS XMySQLOAuthObjective-COS XPHPQuality AssuranceReactRubyRuby on RailsShell ScriptingSoftware DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSQLSwiftSystems DesignTailwind CSSTypeScriptUnixWeb Development

Business

Agile MethodologiesContent StrategyData VisualizationNonprofitsProduct DevelopmentProject Management

Creative

Affinity DesignerAffinity PhotoDigital PhotographyGraphic DesignPhotographyUI DesignUX DesignWeb Design

Interpersonal

LeadershipResearch

Community

Open Source

Other

Advertising PhotographyAirlinesAviationCapture OneCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Commercial PhotographyConcert PhotographyCorporate Photography
Editorial PhotographyExecutive HeadshotsHeadshot PhotographyiPhone developmentMusic PhotographyUbuntuXcode

Publications: 13

Tim Trautmann13 articles
Mar 2026

An Empty Highway

timtrautmann.com

Jul 2024

Crossing Waters

timtrautmann.com

Apr 2023
Aug 2022
Jun 2022

Earth Day

timtrautmann.com

Apr 2022
Nov 2021

Headshots with JAK

timtrautmann.com

Oct 2019

Headshots with Cayce

timtrautmann.com

Oct 2019

Olympus XA

timtrautmann.com

Apr 2019

Credentials: 3

Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT)

National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)

Feb 2026

Certified Image Creator

Profoto

Aug 2019

Cocoa Development

Apple

Nov 2001

Education: 1

Portland State University

Education

Aug 1993 - Jun 1997

Activities / Societies: KPSU College Radio, Computer Action Team

Volunteering: 1

Board Member

ASMP Oregon

Oct 2019 - Present

General member of the board of the Oregon chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers.

Languages: 4

English(Native or bilingual)
German(Native or bilingual)
Portuguese(Professional working)
Spanish(Limited working)