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About Warren Glimpse

Warren Glimpse is leader of a diverse set of activities that focus on assisting businesses, government, and individuals realize their full potential by facilitating their development and use of "knowledge capital."

Warren Glimpse is founder and president of Proximity. Proximity is a business based in Alexandria, Virginia. Proximity develops, deploys, and uses decision-making information resources to help clients better formulate, manage, and assess strategy and operations. Proximity works with a wide range of clientele including businesses; Federal, state and local government agencies; universities; and associations. Proximity is a leader in helping communities, government agencies, and stakeholder organizations achieve order-of-magnitude performance improvements, set new performance standards and reshape opportunities. Proximity operates specialized programs focused on developing, accessing, and using geodemographics.

Warren Glimpse is an econometrician and former Census Bureau official. While with the Census Bureau he was responsible for Census Bureau data access and user services programs. Glimpse established the Census Bureau State Data Center Program based in part on his own experiences in Missouri.

Glimpse is an expert in issues concerning wide-ranging geodemographics including decennial census data access and use. See http://proximityone.com/cen2000.htm which provides general information, access to key data, and frequent updates on data access and use issues. Glimpse has worked with many state and local agencies on the Census 2010 LUCA program and ways to improve Census 2010.

Decision-making information resources developed by Glimpse include:

• CommunityViewer GIS
• MetroDynamics; Guide to MetroDynamics
• Situation & Outlook
• School District Dynamics
• School District GeoDemographic Information System
• DMIGateway - Web access to Federal and related data
• CountyTrends - assessing county and regional change
• Decennial Census School District Special Tabulation
• Map Files and Wide Ranging Geographic Data
• Decision-Making Information News

Related background and initiatives:

•	Helps organizations develop/implement effective decision-making information solutions.
•	Develops and conducts training and workshops on effective use of decision-making information.
•	Conceptualized and developed Census Bureau State Data Center Program.
•	Developer of Proximity software and many other information technology, software, and data resources.
•	Developer of wide-ranging GIS applications with specializations using TIGER/Line files.
•	Developer demographic estimates and projections - official estimates & projections for the state of Missouri - participant in Census Bureau Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates
•	Developed the Columbia, MO GBF/DIME, prototype for the U.S. Bureau of the Census TIGER system - most comprehensive digital map database for the U.S.
•	Served as chief, Census Bureau Data User Services, and implemented many innovative programs to enhance data access and use.
•	Served as associate director, U.S. Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards; developed a framework for Federal statistical data access and user services.
•	Founding member of the Association of Public Data Users, promoting systemic ways to expand effective access and improved usability of public data.
•	Developed the School District Data Book for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), of the U.S. Department of Education
•	Developed the 1990 Census School District Special Tabulation for NCES/U.S. Bureau of the Census.
•	Developed tabulation and data access framework for Census 2000 school district special tabulation.
•	Developed the first set of national scope school district boundary files under sponsorship of NCES for use in mapping and GIS applications.

Contact information:

Warren Glimpse
Proximity
P.O. Box 7511
Alexandria, VA 22307-7511
http://proximityone.com