Tim in a UH-60 Blackhawk

Though I Walk Through The Valley
Of The Shadow Of Death, I Will
Fear No Evil, Because I Am The
Meanest S.O.B. In The Valley.

 

Hello! I'm Tim Simkins, and this is my website. Over the last five years, I've worked in northern New Jersey for a major insurance company in Enterprise Systems Management, a support engineer for a software backup product, and as a web developer for a cable technology company. My wife and I currently live in central Pennsylvania, where I work as a Web Developer for the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.

I graduated from Clarkson University, with a degree in Technical Communications. I majored in Electrical Engineering for two years, but I realized it wasn't me. However, using the knowledge I gained during these two years, I formulated the overall governing equation for all of Electrical Engineering:

ELECTRICITY = ZAP!!

My hometown is Coudersport, Pennsylvania. It is in Potter County, in North Central Pennsylvania.

My interests include outdoors activities such as hiking, hunting, cross-country skiing, and shooting. My most recent hobby is my bright red 2005 Ford Mustang GT. I've admittedly never been a Ford fan, but Ford did everything right with the new 2005+ models. The car borrows a number of the design elements from the '64 to '73 Mustangs, and is an absolutely gorgeous vehicle. And fast, too! The engine is rated at 300HP, and I personally ran a 0-60mph in 5.197 seconds with no modifications.

In addition, I enjoy listening to classic rock and country music, along with a little of everything else, and reading authors like Kurt Vonnegut, David Poyer, Gerry Carroll, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, Dale Brown and Stephen Coonts. I'll even admit to reading Clive Cussler and Jack Higgins when I don't want to think too much! I'm a big fan of dark beers, such as Yuengling, J.W. Dundee Honey Brown and Killian's Red.

Movies are another one of my hobbies (did I hear someone in the peanut gallery shout "Addiction!"?) Between finding a job after college, and finally jumping on the DVD bandwagon, I've managed to collect quite a few movies. For anyone without a DVD player, GET ONE!

I also enjoy photography/graphic design, and I've posted some of my favorites on this site under the Pictures link.

For any other aircraft fanatics like myself, the picture above was taken in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when I was in high school, and has traditionally been at the top of all of my web pages!

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