# Tim Trautmann (@timtrautmann.com)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/timtrautmann.com
Headline: A working photographer based in Portland, Oregon.
Location: Portland, Oregon, US

## About

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.

## Experience

- **Chapter President at ASMP Oregon** (2023 – 2024)
  Oregon chapter President of the American Society of Media Photographers
- **Senior Software Engineer at WalmartLabs Mobile** (2013 – 2016)
  Senior Software Engineer in the WalmartLabs mobile team developing iOS applications for Walmart, Sam's Club and ASDA Stores Ltd.
- **Regional Sales Analyst at Lufthansa Group** (2003 – 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.
- **Programmer Analyst at Silicon Graphics, Inc.** (1997 – 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.
- **iOS Engineer at Simple Finance** (2016 – 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.
- **Consultant at Trautmann Consulting** (2001 – 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 at CNET Networks, Inc.** (1999 – 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.
- **Owner/Developer at Foorama LLC** (2006 – 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/
- **Technical Support Engineer at Silicon Graphics, Inc.** (1998 – 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.
- **Owner at Media Asset LLC** (2019 – 2020)
  Providing still and motion image solutions to clients of all sizes.
- **Founder at Gifthood Community** (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.
- **Principal Photographer at 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.
- **Systems Engineer at Silicon Graphics, Inc.** (1995 – 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.

## Education

- **Portland State University** (1993 – 1997)

## Skills

- Commercial Photography
- Headshot Photography
- Photography
- iOS development
- Airlines
- Aviation
- Digital Photography
- Content Strategy
- iOS
- Swift
- Objective-C
- Xcode
- iPhone
- Mac OS X
- OS X
- Unix
- Linux
- JSON
- MySQL
- CSS
- HTML
- PHP
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Ruby on Rails
- Ubuntu
- C
- jQuery
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Capture One
- iPhone development
- Cocoa
- Editorial Photography
- Advertising Photography
- Corporate Photography
- Executive Headshots
- Concert Photography
- Music Photography
- Leadership
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Development
- Distributed Systems
- TypeScript
- Docker
- React
- Project Management
- Systems Design
- Research
- UX Design
- Open Source
- AT Protocol
- Tailwind CSS
- Affinity Designer
- Affinity Photo
- OAuth
- Shell Scripting
- Nonprofits
- Product Development
- Graphic Design
- UI Design
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Software Engineering
- Quality Assurance
- Data Integrity
- Data Visualization

## Certifications

- Cocoa Development — Apple
- Certified Image Creator — Profoto
- Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT) — National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) (https://credentials.nasm.org/9f191ab3-2154-42e5-b5e6-2d5c499b8ba9)

## Publications

- Signing Off: Portland Says Goodbye to the MAX Type 1 — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/signing-off-portland-says-goodbye-to-the-max-type-1/)
- The nerds are building a new internet, and I could feel it in the room — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/the-nerds-are-building-a-new-internet-and-i-could-feel-it-in-the-room/)
- Every Spring, They Come Back — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/every-spring-they-come-back/)
- An Empty Highway — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/an-empty-highway/)
- Crossing Waters — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/crossing-waters/)
- Portraits with Carolyn Hazel Drake — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/portraits-with-carolyn-hazel-drake/)
- Portraits with Gregory Hergert — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/portraits-with-gregory-hergert/)
- Super Luxury Meets NYC Housing at Black Box Gallery — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/super-luxury-meets-nyc-housing-at-black-box-gallery/)
- Earth Day — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/earth-day/)
- Portraits with Peter Marks — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/portraits-with-peter-marks/)
- Headshots with JAK — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/headshots-with-jak/)
- Headshots with Cayce — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/headshots-with-cayce/)
- Olympus XA — timtrautmann.com (https://timtrautmann.com/blog/olympus-xa/)

## Volunteering

- Board Member at ASMP Oregon

## Languages

- Spanish (limited_working)
- English (native)
- German (native)
- Portuguese (professional_working)

## Other profiles

- github: https://github.com/timtrautmann
- website: https://gifthood.org/