Timothy Horrigan

7-A Faculty Road

Durham, NH 03824

ph: (603) 868-3342

email: Timothy.Horrigan@Alumni.USC.edu

home page: http://www.TimothyHorrigan.com

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Sitting member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives

• MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California

• Bachelors and Masters degrees in English from Columbia University

• Two decades of IT experience

• Certified Navision Financials programmer and HR/payroll specialist

• Worked in earth science research field for seven years

• Member of Michael Dukakis's 1988 Presidential campaign staff

• Educational test scorer at Measured Progress, Inc. in Dover, NH

• Novel entitled The Forgotten Liars published in September 2004 by Xlibris

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA

1982-84 Master of Business Administration - Marketing - Marshall School of Business

Degree received May 1984.

MBA Core Fellowship Program

First-year MBA fellowship with the Marshall School of Business Administration's Director of Admissions, improving the literature used to recruit potential applicants to the School's graduate programs.

Management Internship Program

As member of five-person consulting team, conducted primary and secondary research of pickup truck market for Marketing Department of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY

1979-81 Master of Arts - English - Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Degree received January 1982.

Studied literature and literary theory. Awarded Van Rensselaer Prize, for lyric poetry, May 1981.

1975-79 Bachelor of Arts - English - Columbia College

Degree received May 1979

Active in university publications, theatre and politics. Extensive study of sciences and mathematics, in addition to liberal-arts curriculum.

NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL, Northfield, MA

Graduated June 1975

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certified as a Navision Solution Developer, Navision HR/Payroll Specialist, and Navision Product Specialist. Holder of Commercial Driver's License, Class CDL-B, with Passenger and Air Brake endorsements.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATVES

Democratic member from Strafford County House District #7, representing Durham, Lee and Madbury. Elected November 2008. Took office December 2008. Member of Election Law Committee and Strafford County Delegation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

SMI PROPERTIES, Loudon, NH

2001-2007: Souvenir Associate

Logistical support to volunteer-run souvenir trailers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (formerly New Hampshire International Speedway) during NASCAR race weekends.

STAFFING SENSE, Stratham, NH

2002-2008: Temporary Retail Associate

Sold textbooks at independent bookstore near university during Fall and Winter "Book Rush" periods.

NEW HAMPSHIRE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, Loudon, NH

2001-2007: Souvenir Associate

Sold T-shirts, hats and other souvenirs at speedway during NASCAR race weekends.

MANPOWER, Dover, NH

2005-2006: Mail Clerk/Handler

Sorting mail at regional U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center during 2005 and 2006 pre-Christmas seasons.

MOSAIC SALES SOLUTIONS, Irving, TX

2004-2005: Temporary Field Merchandiser

Field merchandising in New Hampshire for major credit card issuer and for electronics retailer.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH

2003: Campus Connector Bus Driver

Drove shuttle buses and vans for UNH Transportation Services.

MEASURED PROGRESS, Dover, NH

2002-2003: Educational Assessment Test Scorer

Scored open-ended questions on standardized tests of students in Grades 4-12. Graded live and field-tested questions in the subject areas of mathematics, writing, health and reading. Prepared educational assessment test materials for shipment to school districts nationwide.

TOYS "R" US, Newington, NH

2001-2002: Seasonal Retail Associate

Customer service, merchandising, stocking, etc. for toy retailer, primarily in "action-adventure" section.

COMPETITIVE EDGE SERVICES, North Grafton, MA

2001: Navision Financials Consultant

Software development for a project to adapt Navision Financials to the specialized requirements of machine shops and similar custom manufacturers. Enhanced core product's job-costing functionality.

ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, Enfield, NH

1999-2000: Navision Software Developer

Customized Navision Financials enterprise management software to meet needs of clients, mostly medium-sized manufacturing and high tech firms. Created new Navision objects and modified existing ones, using Navision's Pascal-like programming language. Certified as a Navision Solution Developer, and Navision Payroll Specialist.

GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL, White River Junction, VT

1999: Consultant

Edited promotional materials and newsletters for international public-health advocacy group. Identified funding sources and wrote fund-raising letters and grant proposals. Helped plan conferences and other events, including the Council's 1999 national conference, featuring former President Jimmy Carter.

UPPER VALLEY FOOD CO-OP, White River Junction, VT

1998-1999: Substitute Stocker

Stocking, customer service, merchandising and other duties at community-based natural-foods coop.

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Lebanon, NH

1998: Crew Leader/ Address Lister

Trained and supervised enumerators during preparations for Census 2000. Geocoded addresses and updated maps. Located over 5000 houses and apartments.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH

1996-1997: Temporary Admissions Systems Assistant

Processing incoming applications for College's undergraduate admissions office.

VERMONT WEATHER ASSOCIATES, LIMITED, East Thetford, VT

1995-1998: Climatic Consultant

Statistical analysis of historical climate data, covering 20 years of data for roughly 5000 weather stations. Predicting future tide heights for study area in Alaska. Analyzed snow-depth and ice-thickness data in the Lake Champlain watershed.

COLD REGIONS RESEARCH & ENGINEERING LAB, Hanover, NH

1991-1995: Physical Science Technician

Computer, data-collection, and analytical support for geographic and climatic specialists at Army Corps of Engineers research lab specializing in cold-regions environmental and engineering issues. Selected and analyzed data from experiments, remote sensors, and databases, using a wide variety of software on Macintosh, Unix, Windows, and MS-DOS platforms. Supervised the Climatic Laboratory's library of meteorological publications. Coauthored Special Report on estimating snow depths from snowfall, temperature, and other parameters.

GEOGRAPHIC DATA TECHNOLOGY, Lyme, NH

1990-1991: Digital Mapping Technician

Analytical, production, and processing duties for leading producer of mapping databases. Updated and enhanced the Bureau of the Census's TIGER geographic database. Ensured quality, accuracy, and data integrity for state-of-the-art geographic information systems products, such as GDT MatchMaker and GDT DYNAMAP/2000. Member of team which built the basic version of the nationwide street-network database used in later years by virtually every mapping site on the internet and on most CDROM-based mapping products.

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, Portsmouth, NH

1990: Clerk/Enumerator

Clerical and analytical support for 1990 Decennial Census. Follow-up field work in southern New Hampshire.

DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, Boston, MA

1988-1989: Campaign Staff

Grassroots field-organizing and promotion for Michael S. Dukakis's primary-election campaigns in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. Organizing speeches, rallies, demonstrations and other visibility events in the field and at the National Convention in Atlanta. Responsible for all incoming and outgoing mail and shipping to and from national campaign headquarters during the General Election campaign. Post-election correspondence, bookkeeping, and general cleanup.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH

1985-1986: Computer Consultant

DBase and BASIC programming, and creating spreadsheet templates for various University administrative units.

NEW ENGLAND PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, Exeter, NH

1985: Computer Consultant

Developed and coded algorithms for estimating costs and prices for paving contractor active in all six New England states. Created databases of existing and potential paving sites. Dbase III and GW-BASIC programming.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, CA

1983-1984: Computer Consultant/ Operator

Aided students, faculty and staff at the Marshall School of Business's academic computing center.

PUTNAM, HAYES & BARTLETT, Washington, DC

1982: Coding Consultant

Technical support for management consulting firm, primarily gathering data pertaining to equal employment compliance at a Fortune 100 industrial firm.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Democratic candidate for New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 2008

• Active Second Life resident since 2006. Operates several "in-world" businesses.

• Novel entitled The Forgotten Liars published in 2004 on Xlibris.

• Writings published in various periodicals.

• Electronic-music piece entitled "Untitled" contributed to the CD collection Frog Peak Collaborations Project (1998.)

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Read The Forgotten Liars, the novel by Timothy Horrigan