Zimmer | |
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Photo by Peter Tangen | |
Vital Statistics | |
Hero | Zimmer |
Alias(es) | Zimmer Barnes |
Identity | Public |
Alter Ego | William Zimmer Barnes |
Category | Social Activist |
Location | Austin, TX, USA The following coordinate was not recognized: Geocoding failed.The following coordinate was not recognized: Geocoding failed. |
Status | Active |
Superhero Activity | |
Team | |
Affiliates | N/A |
Foes | Hate, Ignorance |
Actions | N/A |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Outfit | |
Colors | Black, Gray |
Symbol | "Zimmer" in Binary |
Equipment | Computer |
Abilities | Tech skills, EMT license |
Zimmer is an American Real Life Superhero living in Austin, Texas. He was a co-founder for the New York Initiative, as well as the founder of Zimtelligence. He is known for deliberately not cultivating a secret identity, unlike the norm for many RLSH, due to his feelings over the similarity of maintaining a RLSH persona with being "in the closet" as a gay man.
Zimmer has also spearheaded the Oracle Project and is likely one reason for popularization of the term "Oracle", as he was one of the first RLSH to emphasize the gathering of intelligence and data to combine it with the use of technology.[citation needed]
History
Zimmer co-founded the New York Initiative (NYI), the founding branch of what would later become the Initiative Collective, a coalition of various initiatives based around a location. While he was a member of the NYI, Zimmer served as the Technology Officer, Researcher and Field Medic until his departure on March 4, 2012 to establish his own company, Zimtelligence.[citation needed]