– Timmons Group, a leader in geospatial consulting services, announced today that Lowell Ballard, Director of Geospatial Solutions, will be presenting on September 19th at the 2012 National Association of State Foresters (NASF) Annual Meeting in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Ballard’s presentation titled “Top 10 Lessons Learned in Working with Natural Resources Agencies” will focus on his personal experiences and lessons learned in building geospatial platforms, applications and strategic plans for natural resource agencies.

As Director of Geospatial Solutions of Timmons Group, Lowell is a recognized industry expert in the integration of geospatial and traditional Information Technologies. His group provides strategic planning, web and mobile applications and cloud-based hosting to natural resource organizations across the U.S. and Canada. He is passionate about increasing efficiencies, and improving communications, through the use of technology. The presentation will be made available online and can be found by visiting www.timmonsgis.com in the News and Events section.

About NASF

Established in 1920, the National Association of State Foresters is a non-profit organization comprised of the directors of forestry agencies in the states, territories and the District of Columbia of the United States. State Foresters manage and protect state and private forests, which encompass two-thirds of the nation's forests. NASF seeks to advance sustainable forestry, conservation, and protection of forest lands and their associated resources. This year’s annual meeting will be held September 16^th-20^th in Cheyenne, Wyoming. For more information, please visit http://www.stateforesters.org.

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of geospatial consulting services focusing on developing intuitive, enterprise geospatial web applications, highly-usable, cross-device mobile applications, and integrated, geospatially-enabled enterprise solutions. Timmons Group develops solutions across multiple platforms, including Adobe Flex/Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, HTML5, and native mobile operating systems. Timmons Group also provides GIS Strategic Planning support leveraging their GIS RoadMap process. Timmons Group maintains a strong business partner relationship with Esri. Timmons Group has been a recipient of both the Esri Business Partner of the Year award and the Esri Foundation Partner of the Year award. For more information about Timmons Group’s geospatial products and services, contact Lowell Ballard at lowell.ballard@timmons.com or visit www.timmonsgis.com.

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