I develop and maintain the formal information models that help Healthwise deliver our world-class health education materials to the right people at the right time.I co-led development of the Healthwise Consumer Vocabulary (HWCV), a formal ontology that models the worlds of health and wellness from a layperson's perspective. The HWCV is delivered to our clients via the Healthwise Taxonomy API. It's also used to power semantic search at Healthwise, and is used for annotating our… Show more I develop and maintain the formal information models that help Healthwise deliver our world-class health education materials to the right people at the right time.I co-led development of the Healthwise Consumer Vocabulary (HWCV), a formal ontology that models the worlds of health and wellness from a layperson's perspective. The HWCV is delivered to our clients via the Healthwise Taxonomy API. It's also used to power semantic search at Healthwise, and is used for annotating our plain-language health videos, web content, and printable handouts.Working remotely since January 2018. Show less

Tagged Healthwise's growing library of thousands of health-related documents and videos. Assisted with the design and management of controlled vocabularies and taxonomies. This metadata makes the documents findable and usable for consumers and health professionals.

Helped build and refine the tools (like controlled vocabularies, taxonomies & thesauri) that our indexers apply to Healthwise's many thousands of health-related documents and videos. This metadata makes the documents findable and usable for consumers and health professionals.

Provided reference and technical support to patrons of a combined service desk serving the library's Maps, Microforms & Newspapers, and Government Publications departments. Organized and archived one of the nation's largest collections of printed, microfilmed, and digital newspapers.

Trained and competed for the United States in alpine ski racing. Competed in three Paralympic Games (2002, 2006 & 2010), finishing fifth in the downhill in 2006. Also represented Charter Communications, a major cable TV and broadband company, as a sponsored athlete and motivational speaker.