Lieutenant Colonel Tim O'Neill, Ph.D. (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Profile

• Father of Digital Camouflage after using pixilation in 1975 to create macro and micro patterns (the first “digital” camo)
• 25 years in staff, command and training assignments, including two years in combat
• B.A. from The Citadel, M.A. from the University of North Carolina, and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia
• Leading camouflage expert due to understanding of visual biophysics and human visual performance
• Instrumental in the design of camo for the Canadian Department of Defense, U.S. Marines MARPAT uniform pattern and Army Combat Uniform pattern
• Consultant to the U.S. Army, Marine Corp., FBI and Bureau of Land Management

Role

• Developed and combined a micro pattern with a macro pattern (based on the two types of natural camouflage found in the animal kingdom), forming the basis of GORE® OPTIFADE® Concealment

A Few Words

You create a micro pattern that matches the ‘busyness' of the background and makes it harder to detect the hunter, and you overlay it with a macro pattern that makes it harder to recognize the shape of the hunter, even if detected.”

Dr. Tim O'Neill